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Historical Event on 10/16/1997

Queen Elizabeth visits Kalakshetra where she witnesses Bharatanatyam show and film shooting at MGR Film City, Taramani in Chennai. She also goes to Kancheepuram and Sriperumbudur (Rajiv Gandhi memorial).

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/1/1894Sudhi Ranjan Das, Chief Justice of Supreme Court of India, was born in Calcutta.
5/24/1875Sir Sayed Ahmed Khan established Mohmmad Anglo Oriental School which was renamed in 1920 as 'Aligarh Muslim University'.
12/30/1993Government gets majority when 10 members of Ajit faction of the JD merge with the Congress.
10/16/1990Dr. Nelson Mandela, conferred with 'Bharat Ratna', the highest civilian honour.
9/11/1895Vinoba Bhave (real name Vinayak Narhari Bhave), great Gandhian Acharya, was born at Ganoda village of Maharashtra.
12/26/1801Supreme Courts had Bengal and Madras by the charter.
1/4/1958Waverley John Anderson, Scottish viscount and Governor of Bengal, died at the age of 75.
4/27/1994Supreme Court strikes down section 309 of the Indian Penal Code(which makes suicide a punishable offence)- violative of Article 21.
7/26/1910Unrest flares up in the Deccan region of India. Demand grows for self-determination.
7/7/1910'Bharat History Research Mandal' was established.