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Historical Event on 10/1/1997

Gul Mohammed (36), world's shortest man, died in New Delhi. Standing 56.16 cm tall, Mohammed entered the Guinness Book of World Records in 1992.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/25/1856Battle of Seattle; skirmish between settlers & Indians.
10/6/1954Nehru declared the National Health Scheme for the entire country.
6/9/1999The Indian army occupies two key positions in the Batalik sector.
4/21/1805Defitiniv treaty between Anandrao Gaikwad and Britishers.
12/26/1991Militant Sikhs kill 55 & wound 70 in India.
3/25/19911991 census report released; India has 844 million people.
1/4/1909Prabhakar Padhye, modern Marathi litterateur, was born.
9/8/1995Harcharan Singh Brar sworn in as the Chief Minister of Punjab.
12/28/1885Allian Octavian Hume, a Scotsman, founded National Union and it held its first meeting in Bombay Tejpal Hall. The first session of Indian National Congress started under the Presidentship of Vyomesh Chandra Banerjee.
2/1/2000The Centre decides to place almost all items under the automatic approval route for foreign direct investment and NRI and OCB investments.