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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
12/3/1999Bhopal gas victims take out rallies to mark the 15th anniversary of the tragedy.
7/1/1996RBI reduces cash reserve ratio to 12\%.
4/11/1999Tamil Nadu men, Railways women emerged National Volleyball League champions in Triprayar.
11/6/1913Mohandas K. Gandhi, leader of Indian Passive Resistance Movement, was arrested for leading Indian miners march in South Africa by British troops.
10/17/1994Kapil Dev's last one-day international vs West Indies.
5/25/1965Independent India had further clashes with Pakistan in 1965 and 1971, one over the intractable Kashmir dispute and the other over Bangladesh. A border war was also fought with China in 1962 in the North-Eastern region, which resulted in the loss of Aksai Chin in Ladakh and smaller areas in the North-east. India continues to dispute sovereignty over these areas.
12/9/1994Gorprasad Ghosh, famous Orriya film actor, director and producer, passed away.
6/25/1931Vishwanath Pratapsing, former Prime Minister of India, was born.
8/10/1755Narayanrao Peshwa was born.
4/4/2000A. B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, inaugurates Samvidhan.com, a website about the Constitution. The site is a part of the Hindi portal, Webdunia.com.