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Historical Event on 6/1/1997
New postal rates effective; post card-25 p, inland letter-Re.1, envelope-Rs.2 and Registration-Rs.10.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/7/1950 | Punjab Mail train crashed near Jasidh killing 81 persons. |
| 2/12/1993 | The baggage rules relaxed further. |
| 4/5/1957 | The first Communist ministry in a state was installed in Kerala. |
| 2/20/1863 | Pandit A. R. Rajrajvarma, famous Malyalam poet, grammer expert and Sanskrit expert, was born. |
| 12/30/1949 | India recognizes People's Republic of China. |
| 6/18/1974 | Govinddas Seth, Hindi litterateur and politician, died. |
| 3/26/1918 | Vanavihari B.N. Sundara Rao, great author and journalist, was born at Varthur, Bangalore. |
| 10/27/1907 | Sardar Bhagat Singh, the great martyr, was born in village Banga, Lyallpur (now in Pakistsan) in a reputed Sikh freedom fighter's family. |
| 2/18/1931 | Swraj Paul, Indian and British industrialist and multi-millionaire (Caparo), was born. |
| 2/14/1901 | King Edward VII open's his first parliament. |
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