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Historical Event on 4/16/1997

Govt. orders foreign and domestic airlines to install air safety systems by the end of 1998. Aircraft with more than 30 seats that do not have Airborne Collision Avoidance System and transponders not to be allowed into Indian airpace from 1/1/99.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/24/1972Jamini Roy, Padmabhushan awardee and famous painter, passed away.
8/6/1962Peking agrees to talks with India to settle border disputes.
3/5/1961Sachin Sengupta, famous writer, dramatist and journalist, passed away.
12/1/1993Tata Steel's Amit Bhaduria win's India's first gold medal in the 10th Asian Track and Field meet in Manila in discus throw.
8/21/1931Pandit Vishnu Dingambar Paluskar, famous singer and the blind musician of Maharashtra, passed away.
8/1/1998The DMK condemns the BJP-led coalition Government's decision to set up a Multi-Disciplinary Monitoring Agency and rejects the Action Taken Report on the final report of the Jain Commission with reference to Mr. M. Karunanidhi.
10/28/1996Press Council of India to set up a 5-member committee headed by Chairman P.B. Sawant to inquire into the attack on journalists outside the New Delhi residence of Kanshi Ram.
8/23/1994Arati Gupta (Saha) succumbed to an incurable jaundice. (29-9-99).
2/22/1948Jayalalitha, chief minister of Tamil Nadu, was born.
2/8/1967Indira Gandhi was hit in face by a stone while addressing crowd.