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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
2/14/1996Supreme Court orders CBI probe into a housing scam in which 8,700 govt. houses were allotted out-of-turn.
12/25/1946Gandhiji said, at Noakhali, ""I am being tested through and through"".
10/10/1964Gurbachan Singh Randhawa sets record for 110m Her. in 14.09s at Tokyo.
3/3/1939Gandhiji commences ""fast unto death"" at Rajkot to protest state's autocratic rule at Bombay and to secure ruler's adherence of promise given towards reform administration, and ends it on March 7 on Viceroy's intervention.
10/16/2000Rest of India wins the Irani Trophy cricket tournament. Murali Karthik scalps nine for 70, the best figures by a bowler in 38 Irani cup matches.
7/12/1999Rajendra Kumar (71), legendary actor who acted in over 150 Hindi films, died in Mumbai.
9/27/1993Daily newspaper of Marathi Language ""Samna"" started its publication at Sambhaji Nagar (Aurangabad).
6/23/1975Prannath Thapar, former Chief of Army, died.
10/15/1996Dengue fever in Delhi takes 156 lives.
1/18/1970Kishan Singh at Cuttack sets record for 50 Km W.in 4.19.48.