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Historical Event on 7/16/1997

Kamal Hassan gets best actor award for ''Indian'' while Tabu bags best actress award for ''Maachis''.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/14/1985Assam Ganparishad established.
6/11/1997I.K. Gujral, PM, asserts that India had not deployed the `Prithvi' ballistic missile anywhere in the country or on the border.
4/23/1991Major parties agree to have polls in Punjab.
5/15/1729Khanderao Dabhade, great warrior in Maratha kingdom, passed away.
8/12/2000Neelam Jaswant Singh heaves the discus to a National mark (59.53m) in the Travancore National circuit athletics meet in Thiurvananthapuram.
1/29/1997Olympic Hockey captain Pargat Singh announces retirement.
5/28/1964A slow-moving funeral cortege containing the body of Jawaharlal Nehru inched through the streets of New Delhi today. A million and a half Indians lined the route to pay final respects to their beloved leader.
6/3/1924Muthuvel Karunanidhi, politician and playwright, was born in Thirukkuvalai (Thanjavur).
6/3/1924Maharana Pratap, great revolutionary, soldier and freedom fighter, was born.
2/13/1719Jahandar Shah was strangled to death and the Sayyid brothers were killed soon after.