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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
6/23/2000Indian journalist Palagummi Sainath gets Amnesty International Global award for human rights journalism..
5/9/1998Kirit Raval is appointed Solicitor-General of India.
11/9/1992Chandralekha resigns from IAS and joins Tamizhaga Wellatchi Iyyakkam (Tamil Movement for Good Government) led by Dr. Subramaniam Swamy.
11/20/1967First Indian made Sounding Rocket 'Rohini RH75' launched into space from Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station.
3/12/1913Yashvantrao Balvantrao Chavan, first Chief Minister of Maharashtra, was born.
10/2/1951Dr. Shyamprasad Mukharjee established Bhartiya JanSangh Party.
9/23/1952Anshuman Dattajirao Gaekwad, batsman in 40 Tests (1974-85), was born in Bombay.
8/1/1916Mrs. Annie Besant in cooperation with Bal Gangadhar Tilak started the Home Rule League Movement with Dadabhai Naoroji as its President.
7/24/1996Govt. decides to raise the ceiling on the maximum amount of retirement/death gratuity from Rs. 1 lakh to Rs. 2.50 lakhs.
12/25/1846Swati Tirunal Ramavarma passed away.