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Historical Event on 6/20/1997

Second round of Foreign Secretary-level talks between India and Pakistan starts in Islamabad.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/8/1968Jansattak Party established.
11/29/1961First cosmonaut of the world, Yuri Gagarin of Russia, came to India.
10/20/1919Chaitanyabala Divatia, great author, was born in Ahmedabad, Gujarat.
10/20/1919Amarsingh, Rajput king of Mewar, was born.
7/19/1993Girilal Jain, senior journalist, passed away.
9/14/1991Assam declared 'disturbed area', army launches 'Operation Rhino' against ULFA militants.
8/2/2000The Lok Sabha performs a ''hat-trick'' by setting off the process for the creation of three new states by passing the Jharkhand Bill.
8/26/1997Commander of Uri sector Brigadier Jasbir Singh Lidder and another senior army officer have a narrow escape as Pakistani troops fire on their cavalcade at Chakori near LOC in J&K.
12/6/1993Samrendra Kundu, former foreign state minister and socialist of Orrisa, passed away.
3/17/1999An international seminar on UN Peacekeeping was co-jointly hosted by Ministry of External affairs and Ministry of Defence at New Delhi from 17 to 19 March 1999. The seminar was conducted by HQ Army Training Command, Shimla on behalf of the Indian Army. A total of 126 foreign delegates from 71 countries participated in the seminar.