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Historical Event on 6/5/1997

I. K. Gujral's visit to Nepal was marked by signing of Power Trade Agreement and MoU on civil aviation.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/17/1991The first Indian Remote Sensing Satellite IRS-IA completes three years of successful operation. (18-3-91).
1/6/1947All India Congress Commitee accepted the division of country.
5/22/1991Elections scheduled to be held on 23, 26 deferred to 12, 15 of June.
9/21/1933Annie Besant, great social worker and founder of Home Rule Movement, passed away.
12/23/1993PM announces Local Area Development Scheme by which each MP can sanction projects worth Rs.1 crore.
3/21/1992India's second submarine 'Shankul' joined Navy.
4/17/1996Sheila Kaul, H.P. Governor, indicted in house allotment scandal, should be removed from her post, says Supreme Court.
4/18/1959Premier Chou En-lai insists Tibetan Dalai Lama was abducted to India.
7/10/1949Sunil Manohar Gavaskar, great Indian cricket player (opener, 10,122 Test runs), was born in Bombay. He has received Arjun Award (1975) and Padma Bhushan (1980).
8/23/1995First ever cellular phone service begins in Calcutta.