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Historical Event on 9/16/1997

Rajeev Balakrishnan sets 100m national mark in the ITC International Athletics meet.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/30/1963Pasumpon Muthuramalingam Thevar, nationalist, freedom fighter and social worker, died at Madurai.
2/8/1994Kapil Dev sets world record for Test Cricket wickets with 432.
11/18/2000Yashwant Sinha, Finance Minister, said there would be no cuts in Income Tax rates in the next budget, and signalled that the reforms process will continue.
11/5/1931M. G. Subramaniam, cricket test umpire for 2 tests from 1983-84, was born in Karnataka.
7/5/1997Janata Dal splits. Laloo Prasad Yadav forms Rashtriya Janata Dal and Sharad Yadav was elected as the Janta Dal president.
8/3/1947Shetkari Kamgar Party was established at Devachi Alandi.
5/1/1995SAARC endorses South Asia Free Trade Area (SAFTA) and establishes a South Asian Development Fund (SADF) for the economic and technical development of the subcontinent.
4/6/1993Divya Bharati, famous Hindi film actress (Deewana), died at the age of 19.
12/27/1975A coal-mine was exploded at Chasnala mine near Dhanbad. It was India's worst coal mine disaster.
3/20/1991Simultaneous polls in Tamil Nadu.