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Historical Event on 3/16/1986

Internationally wanted criminal Charles Sobharaj and 6 other prisoners escape from Tihar Jail.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/29/1970Union Government revises the percentage of reservation in service for SC\STs from 12.5\% to 15\%. Orders to be effective from 25 March.
12/31/1966Bishen Singh Bedi made his Test Cricket debut vs West Indies at Calcutta.
8/17/1996CBI seizes another Rs. 65 lakhs from Sukh Ram's residence.
5/10/1901Sir Jagdish Chandra Bose, Indian scientist, in the hall of the Royal Society, London, which was packed with eminent scientists today on May 10, 1901 proved that ""plants and animal have similar touch sense"".
4/1/1889Dr. Keshavrao Baliram Hedgewar, politician and founder of Rashtriya Swayansewak Sangh (RSS), was born.
9/25/1914Devilal, former deputy Prime Minister of India and leader of farmers, was born.
7/18/1992Kanandevi, famous Bengali actress, passed away.
2/13/1984Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister, inaugurated the first manufacturing work of Indian Submarines at Mazgaon Dock, Bombay.
12/22/1998The Patents Bill gets Rajya Sabha approval.
4/5/1987The centenary of Bombay Fire Brigade was celebrated. (CIVIC).