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Historical Event on 10/16/1997

Queen Elizabeth visits Kalakshetra where she witnesses Bharatanatyam show and film shooting at MGR Film City, Taramani in Chennai. She also goes to Kancheepuram and Sriperumbudur (Rajiv Gandhi memorial).

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/14/1925Mohan Dhariya, politician and nature lover, was born.
7/16/1917Jagdishchandra Mathur, modern Hindi playwright, was born.
3/22/1964200 die in communal violence in the industrial towns of Jamshedpur and Rourkela.
8/6/1996SC asks Harshad Mehta to pay Rs. 217 crore to I.T. department.
3/22/1709It is assumed that Goswami Tulsidas started writing his great epic 'Ramcharitmanas' in Samvat 1631.
5/18/1955Hindu Marriage Act is amended.
2/23/1997Justice J. S. Verma appointed Chief Justice of India.
5/9/1981Durga Bai Deshmukh passed away at Hyderabad. She was a social reformer, freedom fighter, planner, administrator, educationist and parliamentarian. She worked for peace, social welfare and for betterment of the downtrodden.
10/17/1979Supreme Court stays the execution of all death sentences.
4/30/1996CBI concludes after 11 1/2 years of investigation that no espionage has taken place in what was dubbed the `ISRO spy scandal case'.