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Historical Event on 6/4/1997

Defence Ministry denies Washington Post's report that India has deployed Prithvi missile on Punjab border with Pakistan.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/24/1903Hemchandra Bandopadhyay, famous Bengali poet, passed away.
6/9/1997At least 50 persons were killed and 5,000 families affected in a landslide triggered by heavy rains in Gangktok.
11/13/1909Gandhiji left England for South Africa and wrote ''Hind Swaraj'' on board S.S. Kildonan Castle.
2/28/1835Medical College was started in Calcutta and it was officially opened on Feb 20.
8/13/1784East India Company was appointed as the centralised Regulatory Authority through India by Pitt's India Act, which was accepted in British Parliament in England.
3/17/1905Narsinghcharya Purohit Tirunarayan Iyyangar, famous Kannad poet, music director and critic, was born.
11/2/1871Kashinath Raghunath Mitra, famous editor of monthly magzine 'Manoranjan', was born.
10/26/1890Martyr Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi was born at Allahabad. He was also the editor of revolutionary weekly 'Pratap'.
7/7/1997Armed Kuki militants shot dead 25 persons and injured five seriously in an attack on Paites village in Manipur.
10/19/1925B. Shankaranand, former central minister, was born.