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Historical Event on 3/16/1997
The first batch of three Russian-made Sukhoi-30 combat aircraft reaches India.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/14/1927 | M. Aram, famous Hindi writer and educationist, was born in Kulasekharapatnam at Madras. |
| 12/24/1988 | Jaynendra Kumar, famous Hindi novelist, died. |
| 11/12/1999 | A 50-member BJP ministry led by Ram Prakash Gupta is sworn in Uttar Pradesh. |
| 2/12/1995 | Maramon Centenary Convention, (the biggest Christian gathering in Asia) begins in Kerala. |
| 7/7/1937 | Jagdish Prasad Goenka, great industrialist, was born in Calcutta. |
| 7/7/1962 | 94 people died in an Italian DC-8 air crash near Bombay. |
| 12/22/1887 | Srinivas Ramanujam, India's greatest mathematician, was born at Erode in Tamil Nadu. |
| 9/12/1922 | Chandradhar Sharma Guleri passed away. |
| 11/3/1966 | Hurricane strikes Bengal, killing 1,000. |
| 4/4/1904 | Kundan Lal Saigal, golden voiced singer, legend in his lifetime, actor and film maker, was born in Jammu. Some of his famous songs are ""Ek Bangla Bane Nayara"", ""Diya Jalao"", ""Jab Dil Hi Toot Gaya"". |
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