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Historical Event on 1/7/1997

Jaspal Rana bags six gold medals in the men's standard pistol and air pistol and set two more records on the penultimate day of the National shooting.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/13/1999Militants attack the residential complex of Border Security Force (BSF) in Madar village near Bandipur and take 12 persons as hostages after killing four.
10/23/1934Gandhi resigns as leader of the All India Congress.
5/8/1997India decides to import currency notes for the first time.
5/2/1908Police in Calcutta discover a cache of explosives for use in alleged anarchist plot.
7/31/1985Lalit Maken, Congress (I) M.P, his wife and a visitor at their residence in Delhi were shot down by terrorists.
1/1/1918Sir Edwin Lutyens was knighted in recognition of his quality of work at Delhi and his gratuitious services to the War Graves Commission.
3/29/1952India enters into a war with Japan.
10/31/1975Sachin Dev Burman, famous music director, died.
8/16/1932Britain instituted new electoral plan for India: to allow limited untouchables and giving them separate representation.
10/11/1927Sarojini Regani, great journalist, was born at Secunderabad.