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Historical Event on 6/5/1997
Prime Minister Gujral went on a 3-day visit to Nepal.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/6/1657 | Shahjahan fell ill. His four sons Dara Shikoh, Suja, Aurangzeb and Murad advanced towards Delhi to capture the throne. |
| 11/6/1997 | Chief Executives of public sector banks and Finance Minister P. Chidambaram, after a meeting in New Delhi, decide to grant greater administrative autonomy to select public sector banks. |
| 8/16/2000 | Rangarajan Kumaramangalam, Union Power Minister, goes into a coma after multiple organ failure. |
| 4/13/1999 | D. Sripada Rao, former Speaker of the Andhra Pradesh Assembly, is shot dead by People's War Group naxalites near Annaram village in Karimnagar district. |
| 9/21/1966 | Mihir Sen swam the Bay of Persia. |
| 12/15/1950 | Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, first deputy Prime Minister of independent India also known as the 'Iron Man' and Bharat Ratna awardee, died. |
| 5/17/1873 | Hindi daily 'Bharat Mitra' started from Calcutta. |
| 6/3/1890 | Khan Abdul Gafar Khan, follower of Mahatma Gandhi, was born. |
| 2/14/1922 | Bhimsen Joshi, great singer and composer, was born. |
| 9/24/1931 | 19 people were killed by police during the anti-Hindu rioting in Kashmir. |
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