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Historical Event on 2/16/1997

Tribal militants kill 21 persons in Tripura.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/13/1994Troops moved to Uttar Pradesh to quell caste violence.
9/22/1992Harshad Mehta released after 110 days in jail.
1/5/1998Laloo Yadav, RJD president, and BSP chief Kanshi Ram launch a seven-party ""Jan Morcha"".
4/26/1999India's Atanu Lahiri and Bhagyashree Thipsay won the men's and women's titles respectively in the Commonwealth chess championship in Bikaner.
3/8/1948Air India International was established for overseas services.
7/2/1998India and Sri Lanka sign an agreement on promoting agricultural research in New Delhi.
9/28/1940Pundit Sunder Lal Sharma, freedom fighter and social reformer, passed away. He was also known as ""The Chhattisgarh Gandhi"".
1/29/1997Supreme Court rules that water is a 'mineral'.
3/31/1964Tram-way service ended in Mumbai (Bombay). This last electric tram left Bori Bunder (CST) for Dadar at 10 p.m., crowds lined the route all the way at that late hour to bid farewell to the common man's transport medium.
5/14/1976Pakistan and India agree to resume diplomatic ties.