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Historical Event on 6/7/1997

At least 37 persons were feared killed in a fire in ''yagyashala'' at Thanjavur Big Temple.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/22/1999Former Test all-rounder Chandu Borde was re-appointed chairman of National Selection Committee on Day two of the BCCI AGM in Jaipur.
4/15/1998Punjab men and Railways women emerge champions in the National Volleyball League in Patna.
4/26/1946V. K. Ramaswamy, cricket test umpire for 10 tests from 1984-till date, was born at Hyderabad. He has become one of the first Indian Test umpires to be invited to umpire in a foreign country along with P. D. Reporter.
9/14/1997Catholic churches in Kerala introduce the system of serving the holy Eucharist in the palm of the faithful instead of on the tongue.
7/14/1997Eleventh Presidential election with K.R.Narayanan and T.N. Seshan as candidates; 732 out of 775 MPs and 3893 out of 4058 MLAs cast their ballots.
2/6/1998V. V. S. Laxman scores 301* for Hyderabad against Bihar.
7/29/1979Choudhary Charan Singh was sworn in as the fifth Prime Minister of India heading the Janata (S)-Congress coalition. He held this office till January 14, 1980. Jagjivan Ram became the leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha.
7/12/1998India will not reverse the nuclear programme, declared Mr. Vajpayee.
1/1/1976Broadcasting of Commercial Advertisements on TV stations started.
4/26/1920Srinivas Ramanujam, famous Indian mathematician, passed away at Chetpet in Madras.