| 1944 | Dada Saheb Phalke died. |
| 1982 | The Jawaharlal Nehru International Gold Cup football tournament was held in Calcutta for the first time in 1982. |
| 1987 | A missile with submarine capable of hitting the submarine was inducted into the Indian Navy in 1987. |
| 2008 | Tata Motors launched a vehicle for the Army on February 16, 2008, called a Light Specialist Vehicle, to allow the Army to show its power through it. |
| 2009 | On February 16, 2009, former President Pranab Mukherjee presented the Interim Budget for the year 2009-2010. |
| 2008 | On 16 February 2008 in Pakistan's Punjab province, the Mirage plane crashed. |