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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
6/1/1992S.K. Datta became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 31/07/93).
5/21/1994The Union Government imposes blanket ban on capitation fee for admission to private professional colleges.
12/19/1952Nehru announces the Government's decision for establishing an Andhra State, constituting Telugu speaking areas of the State of Madras, excluding the city.
10/15/1996H.D. Deve Gowda, Prime Minister, launched the concluding ceremony of the 85th year of ICMR at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi. He also gave away the ICMR Prizes and Awards (1994-95) to outstanding bio-medical scientists of India.
9/23/1996Sitaram Kesri elected provisional president of Congress (I).
5/1/1923Under the leadership of Singaravelu Chettiar, the first May day was celebrated in India.
2/14/16285th Mughal Emperor Shahjahan was crowned.
9/30/1908Ram Dhari Singh Dinkar, famous Hindi novelist, was born.
5/7/1889Dr. Narayan Subbarao Hardikar, freedom fighter, journalist and Padmabhushan awardee, was born.
10/10/2000The world's first elected woman Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranaike died of heart attack in Colombo.