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Historical Event on 11/16/1997

Sandalwood smuggler Veerappan offers to surrender.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/25/1976Surinder Amarnath scores 124 on Test debut during India vs New Zealand at Auckland.
12/1/1964Jawaharlal Nehru Agriculture University established.
8/12/1997Bar Council of India debars full-time law teachers from practising as lawyers.
8/10/1904Japanese troups were defeated by the Russian Amry at Port Aurther.
8/21/1991Gopinath Mahant, famous Odissi litterateur and Gyanpeeth awardee, died.
1/26/1930Mahatma Gandhi started the Dandi march to protest against the Salt Act of the British and the same day Indians swore to get 'Total' Swaraj and organised the day as Swaraj Day.
3/12/1972Vote gives Indira Gandhi 70 \% of regional seats.
5/30/1987Goa becomes the 25th state of India.
12/6/2000The Supreme Court gives a clean chit to former Prime Minister P. V. Narasimha Rao upholding the trial court's order, and discharging him and former Union Minister K.K. Tewary from the 'St.Kitts forgery case'.
6/11/1931Purushottam Vishnu Behre, great editor, story and novel writer, was born.