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Historical Event on 6/1/1997

Ghulam Rasool Wani, National Conference leader, kidnapped and shot dead by militants at Kaskot in Doda district, Jammu.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/24/1932The Third Round Table Conference ended in London. As Gandhi was in prison because of his civil disobedience movement he could not attend it. This conference ended without achieving anything.
5/2/1769Sir John Malcom, former Governor of Mumbai and historian, was born.
4/6/1919Mahatma Gandhi declared an All India Strike against the Rollatt Act .This was the first strike.
8/3/1898Udayshankar Bhatt, modern Hindi dramatist, poet and novelist, was born.
7/21/1658Aurangzeb celebrated his being the emperor of Mugal Empire at Delhi. He was informally enthroned.
4/11/2000Ms. Jhumpa Lahiri, an author of Indian origin, wins the Pulitzer Prize for fiction for her debut collection of short stories 'Interpreter of Maladies'.
1/21/1956Strikes and demonstrations held in Bihar and Orissa in protest of the government's intention to revise state boundaries.
11/22/1872Meera Behn (Medlin Slade), freedom fighter, was born at England.
11/1/2000T. R. Prasad was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He holds this office till date.
5/6/1967Dr. Zakir Hussain elected President.