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Historical Event on 11/6/1997

Chief Executives of public sector banks and Finance Minister P. Chidambaram, after a meeting in New Delhi, decide to grant greater administrative autonomy to select public sector banks.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/30/1924Word Saving Day.
3/25/1954The first helicopter S-55 arrived ferried to Delhi. The Indian Air Force experience with rotary wing aircraft. It was indeed a 'red letter day' in the history of IAF a befitting gift on its coming of age ' when the first helicopter wearing IAF markings appeared at Palam in the form of a Sikorsky, S-55. Such a swift action, complete involvement and dedication on the part of the crew and technicians was the clear indication of the standards with which One-O-Four set about its tasks for others to emulate.
3/25/1954Pedro Cabral departs from Pourtugol with 13 ships to India.
8/17/1997I K Gujral, Prime Minister, said that Queen Elizabeth should not go to Amritsar, scene of Jallianwalla Bagh massacre, during her visit to India in October.
11/12/1954Bharat Reddy, cricket wicket-keeper (India 1979), was born in Madras.
11/30/1858Jagdish Chandra Bose, botonist and physics expert, was born at Mymensingh (now in Bangladesh).
11/10/1922S. K. Raghunath Rao, cricket test umpire for 7 tests from 1960-67, was born in Karnataka.
10/16/1990Om Shivpuri, famous film and theatre artist, died.
3/9/1993AIADMK severs alliance with the Congress in Tamil Nadu.
2/5/1991The last of 1.2 lakh Indians in Kuwait manage to return to India.