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Historical Event on 2/16/1986

The Silver Jubilee of I.N.S.- Vikrant, India's only aircraft carrier, fails.

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6/30/1991A 36-member Congress ministry led by Hiteswar Saikia assumes office in Assam.
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2/18/1911Captain Vasudev Belwalkar, who had also written the novels on history and war, was born.
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