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Historical Event on 6/11/1997

I.K. Gujral, PM, asserts that India had not deployed the `Prithvi' ballistic missile anywhere in the country or on the border.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/31/1903Smt. Sharda Bhaurao Diwan, educationalist, was born.
2/11/1996Wills World Cup Cricket inaugurated at Calcutta.
7/2/2000At least 30 people had died after a boat collapsed in Kumla river near Pratapur in Madhubani district of Bihar.
7/2/2000Mian Tansen, a prominent figure of North Indian (Hindustani) classical music and famous singer of Akbar's court, died at Gwalior. Tansen is remembered for his epic Dhrupad compositions, creating several new ragas, as well as for writing two classic books on music Sri Ganesh Stotra and Sangita Sara.
8/1/2000The Lok Sabha adopts Uttar Pradesh State Reorganisation Bill paving the way for the creation of Uttaranchal the 27th State.
10/30/1996Former PM Narasimha Rao appears before Chief Metropolitan Magistrate at the Vigyan Bhawan Annexe, New Delhi, as an accused in the St. Kitts forgery case.
3/15/1950Planning Commission Day.
8/29/1984Indian Airlines Boeing 737 with 68 passengers and a crew of 6 hijacked in Lahore.
8/18/1907Madam Bhikaji Cama, addressed the International Socialist Congress at Stuttgart, Germany.
11/12/1781Nagapatnam of South India was captured by the British troops.