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Historical Event on 6/5/1997

Prime Minister Gujral went on a 3-day visit to Nepal.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/1/1974Sucheta Kriplani, former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, passed away.
7/21/1947Indian Constitution Assembly accepted the tricolour flag as its National Flag. This flag is with three equal horizontal stripes of Saffron (Sacrifice), White (Truth) and Green (Prosperity) and a Chakra is superimposed on white (Dharma Chakra on the capitol of Ashoka's Pillar at Sarnath) in blue colour having 24 spokes. The ratio of the width to length is two to three.
8/22/1993The first batch of IAF troops landed in the capital city of Mogadishu.
10/5/1932Madhavrao Laxmanrao Apte, cricketer (7 Tests for India, 1 century), was born in Bombay.
3/25/1989India's first super-computer X-MP-14 of US make was dedicated to the nation.
12/23/1954Judge Bijan Kumar Mukherjea became the Chief Justice of India. He helded this office till 31/01/1956.
3/28/1995Haridev Joshi, former Chief Minister of Rajasthan and former Governor of Assam Meghalay, passed away.
1/10/1996Centre sets up Rajiv Gandhi National Drinking Water Mission.
4/14/1990Veena Vidwan S. Balachander passed away.
6/26/1954Nehru, Chou En-lai pledge good-neighbor policy at New Delhi.