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Historical Event on 6/4/1997

Defence Ministry denies Washington Post's report that India has deployed Prithvi missile on Punjab border with Pakistan.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/22/1993Congress (I) suffers reverses in the by-elections.
8/8/1923Floods on the Ganges and Jumna rivers cause loss of life in Benares, India.
4/1/1957Postage stamps and sale of postal stationary was introduced as per decimal coinage system and Rupee was established to Hundred Naya Paisa.
8/10/1988Ramakrishna Hegde resigns as CM of Karnataka on moral grounds in connection with phone tapping issue.
7/8/1996Tamil Nadu Govt. moves SC for fresh directions to Karnataka govt. for release of 15 tmc. ft. of water.
2/1/1969Pinaki Chatterji and George Albert Duke on a two-man rowing expedition to the Andamans set out from Calcutta.
12/14/1812Lord Charles Caning, Governor General and Viceroy of India (1856-1862), was born.
10/13/1987Kishore Kumar Ganguly, well known singer, died in Bombay.
5/11/1970A bill for setting up of ""North Eastern Council"" passed.
5/20/1999The CWC expels Sharad Pawar, M. P. A. Sangma and Tariq Anwar for six years from the primary membership of the party.