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Historical Event on 2/16/1998

Delhi-Tamil Nadu Ranji Trophy super-league encounter in Chennai comes to an abrupt halt with Delhi skipper and batsman Ajay Sharma sighting boot marks short of the good length area.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/12/1978India's first double decker train was started between Victoria Terminus (CST) and Pune which beared the name as ""Janta Express"", which is now known under the name of Shivaji's fort as ""Singhgarh Express"".
2/13/1922The Indian National Congress suspends its civil disobedience campaign in the face of mounting violence.
1/1/1956No. 20 Squadron, Indian Air Force's first jet squadron equipped with Vampires, was formed and christened 'The Lightnings'.
1/11/1986The Naval Dockyard Bombay celebrates its 250th Anniversary.
9/29/1907Labour MP James Keir Hardie accuses UK of running India 'like the Czar runs Russia'
6/14/1992Tin Bigha activists lathi-charged in the Tin Bigha corridor in Coochbehar.
5/26/1998Prof. Jagdish Bhagwati, economist, was awarded the 1998 Freedom Prize of the Max Schmidmeiny Foundation.
4/18/1991Kerala declared the first fully literate state in the country.
7/23/1904The Great Indian Peninsula Railway started First Class restaurant cars on its mail trains.
1/22/1903Shankar Das Banerji, lawyer and politician, was born at Calcutta.