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Historical Event on 3/16/1986

Internationally wanted criminal Charles Sobharaj and 6 other prisoners escape from Tihar Jail.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/1/1938Continental Publication' started.
9/24/1992Five selected regional TV channels go national by direct linking to INSAT.
1/26/1993Sub Lt. Rubi Singh of the Navy becomes the first woman in India to lead an armed force contingent in the Republic Day parade at New Delhi; British PM John Major attends as the first ever British head of Government as Chief Guest.
10/17/1999Indian men bagged bronze in the Asian team chess championship in Shenyang.
3/7/1961Govind Ballabh Pant passed away. He had served eight years as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. He was bestowed with Bharat Ratna in 1959.
12/29/1844W.C. Bonerjee, first President of the Indian National Congress, was born in Kidderpore, Calcutta.
12/29/1997Sonia Gandhi stepped into active politics.
5/17/1999Sonia Gandhi resigns as Congress president but the CWC(I) rejects it.
3/19/1999Salgaocar emerged National Football League champions in Calcutta with a match to spare.
6/10/1888Balraj Bhalla, revolutionary, was born.