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Historical Event on 6/8/1997

Prafulla Kumar Mahanta, Assam Chief Minister, has a narrow escape as a powerful remote-controlled bomb exploded in Maligaon area of Guwahati.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/7/1955Jawaharlal Nehru, Indian Prime Minister, visited U.S.S.R.
7/13/1974India's first one-day international was played vs England at Headingley.
4/14/1950Sri Raman Maharshi, modern south Indian saint, passed away .
3/22/2000P. Shanmugham sworn in Chief Minister of Pondicherry.
5/1/1897Vivekananda Swami established Ramakrishna Mission.
10/27/1907Brahma Bandhav Upadhyay died.
3/3/1934Amarsingh Pandurang Rane, educationist, was born at Banage, Kolhapur.
10/15/1899Menka (Lady Lila Sokhi), famous Indian dancer, was born.
3/12/1992The four-member break-away group of Telugu Desam recognised by Lok Sabha speaker.
2/20/1982The Kangla Tongbi war memorial built for 221 members of Advance Base Depot, who laid down their lives to repulse several waves of Japanese attacks, was finally shifted to College of Materials Management Jabalpur. The original memorial was erected on 15 Apr 1946 from local stone and the main epitaph displayed above is of black Naga stone.