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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
6/8/1999ATP announced Paes-Bhupathi as No. 1 ranked doubles team. In individual doubles ranking, Bhupathi and Paes were No. 1 and 2 respectively.
7/27/1994Parliament votes to ban tests for determining the sex of an unborn child, as these tests have resulted in thousands of aborted female fetuses.
12/24/2000The Government re-instates Dr. R.S.Paroda as the Director-General of the ICAR.
6/29/1893Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis, physics, mathematics expert and founder of Indian Statistical Institute, was born at Calcutta.
1/9/1916Ramkrishna Ramnarayan Ruia, great industrialist, was born.
9/6/1947Indian government creates a new ministry of relief and rehabilitation of refugees.
2/3/1916Banaras Hindu University was opened under the guidance of Madan Mohan Malaviya.
11/5/1945Case was filed against the Azad Hind Army Soldiers at Red Fort in Delhi.
9/8/1960Feroz Gandhi, a prominent member of the Lok Sabha,died in New Delhi.
12/3/1999Bhopal gas victims take out rallies to mark the 15th anniversary of the tragedy.