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Historical Event on 12/16/1997

Mamata Banerjee, Congress(I) rebel, declares that she would seek recognition and separate symbol for her ""Trinamul Congress'' and contest elections on her own.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/30/1952S.C.Mathur was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 01-07-1955.
10/19/2000The Government creates an electronic database of all the principal Central Acts from 1834 to 1996 of all India application.
12/5/1933Balendu Shantilal Jain, famous hindi writer, was born at Kunchord, M.P.
5/3/1962Hundreds of Muslims are killed in clashes with Hindus in West Bengal.
3/22/1915Dr. Nagendra, famous hindi critic, was born.
4/15/1992D. T. Lakdawala, former member of Planning Commission, passed away.
7/8/1958Lord Canning declared that since peace was established, it is better known as end of Indian Mutiny, 1857.
6/22/1897The Chafekar brothers, Damodar and Balkrishna, shot British Officer Rand in Pune. This event played a very important role in the revolutionary freedom fighter.
9/26/1985P.T. Usha sets record for 100m (Women) in 11.39 seconds at Jakarta.
1/8/1908Mary Nadia Wadia (Fearless Nadia), great actress, was born.