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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
10/30/1928Madhav Vinayak Gothoskar, cricket Test umpire for 14 tests from 1972-84, was born in Mumbai.
10/10/1970Union Government ruled out judicial probe into the death of the late PM Lal Bahadur Shastri.
4/18/1931Lord Willingdon took over as the Viceroy of India.
2/23/1996North-Eastern Development Finance Corporation inaugurated.
10/28/1998Ghulam Ahmed, former Indian cricket captain, died in Hyderabad.
10/5/1676East India company got authority from the King of England to mint Indian currencies 'Rupee and Paise' coins in Bombay.
1/1/1932Publication of Marathi Newspaper 'Sakal' started.
4/4/1786In British Parliament, Berk alleged 11 corruption charges against Indian Governor General Warren Hastings.
12/10/1878Chakravarti Rajagopalachari, great social reformer, ardent patriot, incisive thinker and eminent literateur was born at Hosur in Tamil Nadu. He was the first Indian Governor General of independent India and popularly known as 'Rajaji'.
9/20/1944Rameshchandra Saxena, a one Test batsman (India vs England 1967), was born in Delhi.