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Historical Event on 1/6/1997

Sumita Ghosh (CISF) sets a National junior women's record in the standard rifle 3 position in National shooting.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/10/1897Savitri Bai Phule passed away. She played a prominent role in assisting her husband Mahatma Jyotirao Govindrao Phule in education field. She taught in schools for girls and for downtroddens and untouchables.
10/5/1999India decides not to attend the special meet on CTBT.
9/14/1997Catholic churches in Kerala introduce the system of serving the holy Eucharist in the palm of the faithful instead of on the tongue.
7/18/1908Fourteen thousand mill workers go on strike at Bombay.
12/10/1993The residence of Mahatma Phule was declared a national monument.
9/29/1991Ustad Yunus Hussain Khan, famous singer of 'Agra Gharana', passed away.
2/4/1628Shahjahan was enthroned and proclaimed emperor at Agra.
4/21/1913Preview show of 'Raja Harishchandra' was held on April 21 at Olympia Cinema.
6/28/1972Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis died. He was the first founder of Indian statistical Institute to receive world recognition. In 1958, he started his national sample surveys. A Sample survey means assessing a situation by studying a part of it which would represent the whole, some of his proposals were included in the second five year paln. His original work made him elected as fellow of the Royal society in 1945.
8/25/1997Forest outlaw Veerappan seeks more time to decide on his surrender as per the terms of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka government.