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Historical Event on 6/8/1997

Prafulla Kumar Mahanta, Assam Chief Minister, has a narrow escape as a powerful remote-controlled bomb exploded in Maligaon area of Guwahati.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/30/1881Rajah Annamalai Chettiar, famous musician, social worker and Governor of the Imperial Bank of India, was born at Kanadukattam, Tamil Nadu.
11/23/1994100 killed in a stampede of Govari Samaj people during a protest march towards Nagpur Assembly.
3/1/196325 Sqn, AF was formed with 04XAN-12 aircraft acquired from the erstwhile USSR. This was to supply lines to the Army in the Northern Sector encompassing J&K and Ladakh regions.
6/6/1996Benazir Bhutto,Pakistan PM, gives green signal for opening up trade with India.
10/16/1788Maratha's crowned Shahaalam as king of Delhi.
11/9/1877Muhammad Iqbal, Urdu poet, was born in Sialkot (now in Pakistan).
3/25/1997Justice Jagdish Saran Verma sworn in Chief Justice of India.
3/3/1993Sharad Pawar nominated CM of Maharashtra.
12/28/1981Salman Rushdie is awarded the Booker Prize for Midnight's Children.
2/13/1968Atal Bihari Vajpayee elected President of the All India Jan Sangha.