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Historical Event on 6/1/1997
Ghulam Rasool Wani, National Conference leader, kidnapped and shot dead by militants at Kaskot in Doda district, Jammu.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/30/1659 | Aurangzeb plotted the death of his brother Dara Shikoh and beheaded him. He was buried in a vault under the dome of Humayun's tomb. |
| 10/19/1920 | Prakashchandra Sethi, former central minister, was born. |
| 5/1/1922 | Madhu Limaye, great politician, freedom fighter, writer and national leader, was born at Pune, Maharashtra. |
| 5/8/1933 | Gandhi starts hunger strike to protest the British repression of untouchables. |
| 5/8/1933 | Saint Namdev passed away. |
| 4/21/1913 | Preview show of 'Raja Harishchandra' was held on April 21 at Olympia Cinema. |
| 4/21/1913 | Rumi, famous Muslim Sufi poet, was born. |
| 9/19/1962 | Jawaharlal Nehru was devastated when China began attacks on India's northern frontier leading to Indo-China War. |
| 6/17/1973 | Leander Vece Paes, tennis player who singles bronze at Atlanta Olympics (1996), was born. He was also a winner of French Open in 1999, Gold Flake Open, Newport 1998, Wimbledon 1999 (doubles and mixed doubles). |
| 12/8/1911 | Gaandhiji invites Gokhale to South Africa. |
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