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Historical Event on 6/1/1997
New postal rates effective; post card-25 p, inland letter-Re.1, envelope-Rs.2 and Registration-Rs.10.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/2/1994 | Ravi Naik sworn in CM. |
| 1/20/1995 | Supreme Court orders closure of 84 industries in and around Taj Mahal in UP due to pollution. |
| 7/10/1949 | Sunil Manohar Gavaskar, great Indian cricket player (opener, 10,122 Test runs), was born in Bombay. He has received Arjun Award (1975) and Padma Bhushan (1980). |
| 8/10/1930 | In the 'Gandhi Cap Case' in Guntur, the magistrate prohibits wearing of Gandhi caps within a five-mile radius of the town. |
| 9/23/1983 | Supreme Court upholds execution of criminals through hanging by rope. |
| 12/8/1900 | Udayshankar, famous dance master, was born. |
| 10/12/1967 | Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia also known as "Dauntless Dr. Lohia", freedom fighter, social reformer and socialist leader, died at the Willingdon Nursing Home, New Delhi. He had founded the 'Praja Socialist Party' in 195 |
| 11/7/1995 | India opens second consulate in UK in Glasgow (first being at Birmingham). |
| 8/16/1994 | Government agrees to present the revised ATR on JPC report on Scam; Parliament crisis defused. |
| 7/29/1904 | Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhai Tata, president of Tata industrial group, was born in Paris, France. He was the first pilot of India to be conferred with the Bharat Ratna. |
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