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Historical Event on 6/7/1997

At least 37 persons were feared killed in a fire in ''yagyashala'' at Thanjavur Big Temple.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/16/1946Britain invites Indian leaders to set up an interim govt at London.
6/24/1980Varahagiri Venkata Giri, former president of India, died at Madras.
9/25/1999Eighth SAF Games inaugurated in Kathmandu.
4/23/1994Ibrahim Sulaiman Sait, former Indian Union Muslim League president, floats a new party - the Indian National League.
7/1/1862Calcutta High Court was established for West Bengal and Andaman & Nicobar Islands. This Court has a Circuit Bench at Port Blair.
7/10/1927Ganga Ram, great social reformer and founder of Ganga Ram Hospital in New Delhi, died in England while functioning as an active member of the Royal Commission on Agriculture. He was against dowry and child marriages and advocated widow re-marriage and also established institutions for vocational education and education for adults.
3/3/1906Trailokyanath Goswami, famous Hindi writer and educationist, was born at Nalbari, Assam .
9/23/1803British-Indian forces defeated the Marathas in the Battle of Assaye.
1/30/1996The new (reconstituted) Scientific Advisory Board of the ICMR met on January 30-31, 1996.
4/11/1992Dr. M.M.Thomas, Nagaland Governor, removed from office.