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Historical Event on 6/6/1997

New economic grouping BIST-EC (Bangladesh-India-Sri Lanka-Thailand Economic Cooperation forum) comes into being.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/19/1948India and Pakistan accept U.N. mediation in New York.
2/24/1995A full Bench comprising Chief Justice M.M. Pareed Pillai, TV Ramakrishna and P. Shanmugam of the Kerala High Court quashed the words ""incestuous adultery"", ""adultery coupled with cruelty"" and ""adultery coupled with desertion"" contained in Section 10 of Indian (Christian) Divorce Act.
4/8/1929Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt threw two bombs on the Assembly Hall.
12/17/1645Noorjahan Begum passed away.
1/23/1909New direct 7,000-mile telegraphic link with India is hailed as a great achievement at London.
2/6/1996Supreme Court upholds election of CPI (M) leader O. Bharathan to Kerala Assembly from Edakkad (91).
3/21/1993The 68 km Mangalore-Udupi stretch of the west coast Konkan rail line opened by the PM.
10/6/1974Vengalil Krishnan Krishna Menon, great freedom fighter, barrister, leader, politician, nationalist and member of the Lok Sabha, passed away. He resigned as the defence minister soon after the Chinese aggression.
7/25/1986Sikh extremist kill 16 Hindus in Muhktsar India.
6/29/1991A 32-member Left Front cabinet led by Jyoti Basu sworn in in West Bengal.