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Historical Event on 6/11/1997

Jaspal Rana and J. Abhijit in the men's section and Nisha Millet in the women's section adjudged best sports persons of the National Games.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/30/1988Raj Kapoor gets Dada Saheb Phalke award for 1988.
3/1/1917Kartar Singh Duggal, famous author, was born at Dhamyal, Pakistan.
9/29/2000Union Minister of State for Agriculture S.B.P.B.K. Satyanarayana Rao quits the from Cabinet.
11/29/1988Rajiv Gandhi, grandson of Jawaharlal Nehru, resigned as Prime Minister of India, a country which had been ruled by his family for all but five of its 42 years of independence. The end of the dynasty came after elections that were both violent and inconclusive, neither Gandhi's Congress party nor the opposition National Front received a clear majority, although the latter had a few more votes. The only real winner was the fundamentalist Hindu party, Bharatiya Janata, which is now the power broker. If the National Front wants to rule, its leader V.P. Singh needs the religious group's support.
3/18/1915British Government approved Indian Security Act to have greater control on the Indian people.
12/12/1971Sadik Gulam Muhammad, Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, died.
11/6/1962National Defence Council established.
9/15/1948The India flag carrying vessel reached Bombay Port.
10/18/2000Supreme Court gives the nod for construction of the Sardar Sarovar Dam on the Narmada river.
3/23/1910Dr. Ram Manohar Hiralal Lohia also known as ""Dauntless Dr. Lohia"", freedom fighter and socialist leader, was born at Akbarpur, district Faizabad, Uttar Pradesh. He had founded Praja Socialist Party in 1952.