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Historical Event on 7/6/1995

Five foreign tourists trekking in Kashmir 10 km uphill from Pahalgam were abducted by militants.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/28/2000The Kanchi Acharya presents the Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswati national eminence awards to former Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao, Smt. M.S. Subbulakshmi (in absentia), scientist Ramnarayan Agarwal and pravachan artist Rameshbhai Ojha.
12/27/1962India and Pakistan begin negotiations over Kashmir.
1/25/1992Swaran Singh and Vajpayee awarded 'Padma Vibhushan'.
8/11/1997Hundreds travelling by Delhi-bound Rajdhani Express from Guwahati have miraculous escape as improvised explosive device planted by suspected Bodo extremists explodes on track near Guwahati.
2/13/1970Man-eating tiger is reported to have killed 48 people at a village 80-km from New Delhi.
2/24/1786Charles Cornwallis appointed Governor-General of India.
1/1/1966Vimal Roy, film maker and producer, passed away.
3/12/1988Samresh Basu, famous Bengali writer, passed away.
8/26/1967Dilawar Hussain, cricketer (Indian wicket-keeper in the 1930's), passed away.
3/25/1898Swami Vivekanand accepted Sister Nivedita as his disciple.