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Historical Event on 6/7/1997

Mahesh Bhupathi becomes the first Indian to win a Grand Slam title when he and Japan's Rika Hiraki claim the mixed doubles.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/16/1997K. R. Narayanan, Vice-President, is the joint candidate of Congress(I) and United Front for Presidentship in July 14 election.
7/2/1972Shimla Treaty' was singed between Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and her Pakistani counterpart Zulfikar Ali Bhutto.
11/21/1998India 'B' beats Sri Lanka 3-2 in the final of the Bristol Freedom Cup four-nation football tournament in Colombo.
6/24/1986Government announced that unmarried mothers under its employment would also get maternity leave.
8/29/1993Tamil refugees leave Madras for Sri Lanka apparently on their own free will.
8/27/1910Mother Teresa, [Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu], nobel Prize awardee and social worker, was born in Skopje, Macedonia in Yugoslavia.
1/28/1999Central Zone won the Deodhar Trophy, defeating South in their final in Agartala.
9/29/1996Water from Krishna river (AP) released for Madras.
5/28/1992Indo-US naval exercises begin.
11/13/1922Mahadev Sadashivrao Ande, freedom fighter and political leader, was born.