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Historical Event on 10/1/1997
Gul Mohammed (36), world's shortest man, died in New Delhi. Standing 56.16 cm tall, Mohammed entered the Guinness Book of World Records in 1992.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/24/1726 | King George empowered the company to establish Municipal Corporation and Mayor s Courts in Bombay and Calcutta. |
| 12/30/1949 | India recognizes People's Republic of China. |
| 6/14/1987 | Rajiv Gandhi, PM, rules out termination of Rs. 1700 crore Bofors gun deal. |
| 3/16/1997 | The first batch of three Russian-made Sukhoi-30 combat aircraft reaches India. |
| 8/5/1994 | Yakub Abdul Razak Memon, a key accused in 1993's Bombay blast case, was arrested. |
| 7/8/1991 | L.K. Advani recognised as the leader of the Opposition of BJP in the 10th Lok Sabha. |
| 11/30/2000 | CBI files fresh cases against JMM MPs Shibu Soren, Simon Marandi and Suraj Mandal on charges of possessing assets disproportionate to their known sources of income. |
| 6/28/1972 | Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis died. He was the first founder of Indian statistical Institute to receive world recognition. In 1958, he started his national sample surveys. A Sample survey means assessing a situation by studying a part of it which would represent the whole, some of his proposals were included in the second five year paln. His original work made him elected as fellow of the Royal society in 1945. |
| 1/26/1915 | Rani Gaidinliu, freedom fighter, social reformer and political leader, was born at Nungkao village, Manipur State. |
| 6/1/1970 | Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Act was enforced. This act was passed in 1969. |
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