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Historical Event on 2/16/1986
The Silver Jubilee of I.N.S.- Vikrant, India's only aircraft carrier, fails.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/5/1981 | Rajan Mahadevan recites 31,811 digits of ¦(pie) from memory. |
| 2/14/1901 | King Edward VII open's his first parliament. |
| 6/10/1955 | Prakash Padukone, internationally famous Badminton player, was born. |
| 3/18/1948 | Eknath Dhondu Solkar, cricketer (India 1969-77, brilliant short-leg fielder), was born in Bombay. He is recipient of Arjun Award (1973). |
| 5/18/1998 | India may take the US to WTO. |
| 11/15/1989 | Test debut of Sachin Tendulkar and Waqar Yunus at Karachi. |
| 1/22/1998 | Second Lieutenant Punit Datta is posthumously selected for the nation's highest peace time gallantry award, Ashok Chakra. |
| 4/21/1946 | Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan, cricket (Indian off-spinner, Test umpire, ICC referee), was born in Madras. He received Arjun Award (1971). |
| 9/4/1880 | Bhupendranath Dutt, Bengali litterateur and politician, was born. |
| 2/6/1994 | World Marathi Chember of Commerce' established. |
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