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Historical Event on 6/1/1997

Ghulam Rasool Wani, National Conference leader, kidnapped and shot dead by militants at Kaskot in Doda district, Jammu.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/3/1831Savitribai Phule, famous social worker, was born at Naigaon in Satara district, Maharashtra.
1/26/1992Bharat Bhushan, the legendary romantic film hero of the 1950's, passed away at the age of 71 years.
4/10/1901Amiya Chakravarty, educationist, was born at Serampore in West Bengal.
6/30/1928Kalyanji, famous music director, was born.
11/25/1948National Cadet Corps was first established.
4/9/1999K. Sasikiran won the National 'A' chess title with a round to spare in Nagpur.
11/14/1967Kanakaiya Nayudu Colonel Cottari , cricketer (7 Tests for India in 30's), passed away at Indore.
8/27/2000Mika Hakkinen wins the Belgian Formula One Grand Prix in SPA-Francorchamps at Belgium.
1/20/1972Manipur, Meghalaya and Tripura become states of Indian union. Arunachal Pradesh and Mizoram become Union Territories. Assam's North East Frontier Agency (Nepha) was renamed as Arunachal Pradesh territory.
8/5/2000Lala Amarnath (88), former Indian cricketer, died in New Delhi.