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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
8/18/1920Harbhajan Singh, educationist and writer, was born at Lumding.
5/21/1999A powerful bomb explodes and another is defused on the road leading to the Imphal airport minutes before the Prime Minister landed to commence his two-day visit to the State.
6/3/1924Muthuvel Karunanidhi, politician and playwright, was born in Thirukkuvalai (Thanjavur).
6/20/1948Lord Mountbatten resigns as the Governor General of Indian Union.
10/9/2000A special court convicts former Tamil Nadu chief minister Jayalalitha and her associate Sasikala and sentences them to undergo three years imprisonment and two years rigorous imprisonment in two 'Tansi land deal' cases.
7/27/1994Parliament votes to ban tests for determining the sex of an unborn child, as these tests have resulted in thousands of aborted female fetuses.
2/1/1889Amrit Kaur, an eminent social worker, freedom fighter and political leader, was born a princess in the royal family of King Harman Singh of Kapoorthala. She assisted Gandhi for 18 years and was connected with World Health Organisation and Red Cross Society.
7/13/1995Devyani Chaubal, film journalist, passed away.
11/20/1888Gurunath Bewoor, director general, was born at Bewoor village, district Bijapur.
7/16/1991Railway budget hikes passenger fares by 15-20\% and freight up by 10\%.