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Historical Event on 6/6/1997
U.S. Congress honours Mother Teresa with a gold medal.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/25/1910 | Dalai Lama, Tibeten monk, flees from Chinese troops and takes refuge in India. |
| 2/15/1976 | The Division of Publication & Information was established in I.C.M.R. Headquarters. |
| 3/22/1907 | Perturbed by a new law restricting Asiatic immigrants, Mohandas Gandhi, a young Indian attorney now living in South Africa, organized a campaign of civil disobedience to resist the statute popular bill passed by the new Boer government of the Transvaal Colony. The Asiatic Registration Bill was considered by Gandhi unjust and discriminatory to the large Chinese and Indian populations. However, the government expressed the belief that the ordinance was popular. ""Over 90 percent of the white people thoroughly approve of it,"" said Sir Gilbert Parker, a Conservative member of Parliament. |
| 6/3/1916 | Smt. Nathibai Damodar Thakarsey Women's University was established. |
| 2/15/1945 | Indian troops capture Pagan at Burma. |
| 10/23/1985 | Rajiv Gandhi went to New York for the 40th anniversary of the UN. |
| 1/17/1833 | William Rush, Indian sculptor (Spirit of the Schuylkill), passed away. |
| 5/22/1996 | Ravi Shastri appointed UNICEF's national ambassador for children. |
| 4/17/1990 | Gas explodes on passenger train in Kumrahar, India killing 80 people. |
| 12/24/1905 | Sen Triguna, educationist and technologist, was born. |
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