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Historical Event on 8/16/1997

Krishan Kant, Andhra Pradesh's Governor, elected as the Vice President of India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/9/199881 persons are killed as cyclone hits the Saurashtra and Kutch regions of Gujarat and Jalore district of Rajasthan. Subsequently, the toll is put at 934 in the Kutch-Saurashtra region alone.
8/10/1994President's rule in J&K extended for another 6 months beginning 3rd Sept.
2/15/1924Mahinder Singh, social worker, was born at Amritsar.
5/20/1996Janaki Ramachandran, chief minister of Tamil Nadu (1988), passed away.
4/20/1930The Viceroy imposes an ordinance for the suppression of terrorism, following a series of attacks.
5/13/1956Acharya Vinoba Bhave started the Bhoodan campaign in Tiruvellore.
5/17/1873Hindi daily 'Bharat Mitra' started from Calcutta.
3/15/1983Farukh Abdul Latif, great politician and journalist, was born.
9/13/1997Grieving India lays to rest Mother Teresa in state funeral in Calcutta in which pomp and splendour is combined with religious rites.
10/24/1992Narmada, World Bank sets time to correct defects.