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Historical Event on 8/16/1997
Bodo extremists kill 13 villagers in Nalbari district in Assam.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/26/1975 | Notification to pay equal payment to both men and women workers was promulgated. |
| 10/23/1973 | Sambamurthy Pichhu, famous musician of Madras, died. |
| 10/23/1973 | Genghis Khan, Monghol conqueror, passed away. |
| 8/27/1859 | Dorabji Jamshetji Tata, great industrialist, was born. |
| 1/8/1973 | Nanasaheb Parulekar, father of 'Sakal' newspaper, died. |
| 2/25/1982 | J. K. Irani, cricket wicketkeeper (2 Tests for India 1947-48), passed away. |
| 6/19/2000 | Babu Parmanand, former speaker of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly, sworn in as the 12th Governor of Haryana. |
| 7/10/1924 | Johannes B van Heutsz, Governor General of Dutch Indies (1904-09), died at the age of 73. |
| 5/28/1978 | The kiss comes to the Hindi screen in 'Love Sublime,' and is seen as a sign of what the govt. calls greater 'creative freedom,' after Indira Gandhi's authoritarian rule at Bombay. |
| 8/16/1980 | Communal riots continue; death toll in Uttar Pradesh City hits 130. |
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