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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
1/21/1969First India built electronic digital computer commissioned.
5/12/1984Dr. Rajah Sir Muthiah Chettiar, social reformer, passed away at Madras.
5/28/1978The kiss comes to the Hindi screen in 'Love Sublime,' and is seen as a sign of what the govt. calls greater 'creative freedom,' after Indira Gandhi's authoritarian rule at Bombay.
2/25/1995Bomb attack on a train in Assam; 27 soldiers killed.
12/3/1971Indo-Pakistan war begins. On the same day National Emergency was declared by the President of India due to war between both the countries.
4/16/1903Kalka-Simla Railway line section was opened for public conveyance.
5/5/1955Indian parliament accept Hindu divorce.
7/6/2000Mohan Lal bags Best Actor Award for his sensitive portrayal of a Kathakali artist in ''Vaanasprastham'' and the film wins the Best Feature Film and Best Editing Awards at the 47th National Film Festival-2000.
2/27/1854Lord Dalhousie captured Jhansi under the East India Company.
9/14/1992S. A. Banerjee, cricketer who played one Test for India in 1948 without scoring any runs but took 5 wkts, died.