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Historical Event on 9/16/1997

General Manager of Tata Tea remanded to judicial custody on charges of abetting and aiding ULFA.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/14/1803Lord Lake was captured Delhi.
5/5/1972Loknathan P. S., great economist, passed away.
12/28/1995Third Indian Remote Sensing Satellite (IRS-1C), carring advanced remote sensing cameras was launched by Russian Molniya launch vehicle. It is still in service.
11/7/1867Madam Marie Sklodowska, great scientist, professor and Nobel Prize awardee, was born in Poland.
5/29/1933Gandhi ends his 21-day fast, his second for the cause of the 'untouchables'.
1/1/1986This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Peace Year"".
10/13/1911Ashok Kumar Ganguly, famous film actor, was born. He is the recipient of Dada Saheb Phalke Award.
7/17/1979Jagjivan Ram elected Janata parliamentary party leader. Charan Singh is PM heading Janatha (S)-Congress coalition and Jagjivan Ram is leader of the opposition in the Lok Sabha.
11/8/1988Salman Rushdie's 'The Satanic Verses' awarded 1988 Whitbread Prize.
1/26/2000Mr. K. Vadivel Raj gets the 1999 Kabir Puraskar for rescuing 11 persons of another community during caste violence in September 1998 in a village in Tamil Nadu.