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Historical Event on 11/6/1997

Supreme Court acquits former Union Minister for Power and Food Kalpanath Rai held under TADA for alleged harbouring of an accused in ""1992 Bombay J.J. Hospital shootout case'

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/17/1833William Rush, Indian sculptor (Spirit of the Schuylkill), passed away.
10/6/1997Abhijit Kunte wins Asian Junior Chess title.
1/21/1922Juda Reuben, cricket Test umpire for 10 tests from 1969-77, was born in Mumbai.
11/5/1976Lok Sabha votes to extend its own life by another year.
12/29/1972Construction work of Metro Train in Calcutta commenced.
7/31/1993Air Chief Marshal Nirmal Chandra Suri PVSM, AVSM, VM, ADC. retired as the Air Officer Commanding, India Command.
1/24/1966Indira Gandhi becomes Prime Minister of India. She continued in this office till March 24, 1977, after winning the General Elections. She became the only second woman in modern history to head a government.
5/30/1950Devdutta Ramkrishna Bhandarkar, great historian and archaeologist, passed away.
12/4/1977Ajit Agarkar, promising Indian ODI all-rounder, was born.
11/19/1994Lt. Gen. Shankar Roy Choudhury appointed Army Chief following the death of Gen. B.C. Joshi.