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Historical Event on 6/1/1997

Union Minister for Forests and Environment, Prof. Saifuddin Soz announces Rs. 9 crore central package for afforestation and eco-development in J&K.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/13/1992Indumati Ramkrishna Shevde, famous writer, critic and painter, passed away.
1/14/1964Bapu Nadkarni bowled 32-27-5-0 vs England, 21 maiden overs in a row.
12/3/1993Bahadur Prasad wins silver in 1500 m in Asian Track and Field meet in Manila.
12/20/1757Clauk became Governor of Bengal.
3/16/1939Subroto Mukherjee became the first Indian Officer to command a squadron when he took over No.1.
3/29/1999A massive earthquake in the Garhwal region of Uttar Pradesh in the inner Himalayas claims 85 lives and more than 130 injured.
10/13/1987Kishore Kumar Ganguly, well known singer, died in Bombay.
10/13/1987Saint Gora Kumbhar, an intense devotee of the deity Vitthal at Pandharpur, took Samadhi in Ter village in Osmanabad Zilla, near Latur.
4/8/2000Air India wins the Rani of Jhansi women's cricket tournament in Chennai.
9/26/1931Vijay Laxman Manjrekar, cricketer (father of Sanjay, reliable Indian batsman), was born in Bombay.