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Historical Event on 7/1/1997

Over 23,000 blowdowns completed in 1.2 m tunnel.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/23/1942Lt Gen Joseph Stilwell and his men arrive at Dimapur, having retreated 150 miles (240 km) through the Burmese jungle. `We took a hell of a beating,' he said.
11/1/1945Narendra Dabholkar, blind faith eradicator (Andhashradhha Nirmulak), was born.
7/11/1994Delhi IG (prisons) Kiran Bedi wins Magsaysay Award for public service.
2/5/1993The Supreme Court directs the Union Government to forcibly produce Manipur Speaker Dr. Borobabu Singh before it on March 23 in a contempt case.
7/21/1977K.S. Hegde elected Lok Sabha Speaker.
6/20/1897Ratnakant Barkakti, famous Assamia poet, was born.
7/2/2000At least 30 people had died after a boat collapsed in Kumla river near Pratapur in Madhubani district of Bihar.
5/11/1995In central Kashmir, militants burnt the Charar-e-Sherif shrine (the tomb of Sufi saint Sheikh Noorudin Noorani) built in 1460 by Zain-ul- Abidin.
8/1/1986Amnesty scheme for evaders of taxes announced.
8/9/1969Ochterlony Memorial in Calcutta was renamed as 'Shahid Minar'.