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Historical Event on 6/6/1997

New economic grouping BIST-EC (Bangladesh-India-Sri Lanka-Thailand Economic Cooperation forum) comes into being.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/21/1997Jockey Vasant Shinde retires.
1/26/1950Dr. Rajendra Prasad (1884-1963) became the first President of India. He remained President from Jan. 26,1950 to May 13, 1962.
12/8/1897Balkrishna Sharma ""Navin"", famous Hindi poet, was born in Bhyana village of Shajapur district in Madhya Pradesh
4/1/1918Royal Air Force replaces Royal Flying Corps in Britain.
12/15/1991Satyajit Ray, film maestro, awarded Special Oscar for his lifetime achievement.
12/15/1991Admiral Dom Vasco-da-Gama (c.1469-1524)-I, Portuguese navigator, arrived in India. He sailed around the Cape of Good Hope to Calicut, Kerala with three vessels and was the first Westerner to sail to India from Europe.
3/17/1999GM Dibyendu Barua and IWM S. Vijayalakshmi (both India) won the men's and women's titles respectively in the Asian Zonal chess championship in Mumbai.
8/20/1979Indian premier Charan Singh resigns.
2/22/1944Kasturba Gandhi passed away in British imprisonment in Aga Khan Palace at Pune.
10/10/197761 people died in an accident between a passenger train and a freight train at Naini.