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Historical Event on 6/7/1997
At least 37 persons were feared killed in a fire in ''yagyashala'' at Thanjavur Big Temple.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/22/1916 | Shanti Ghosh, great revolutionary freedom fighter, was born at Calcutta. She was one of the accused in famous Chargaon ammunition plot and assassination of General Lemen, Inspector General of Dhaka. |
| 1/1/1986 | Fourth Pay Commission implemented. |
| 7/31/1952 | Bela Mitra, commander of ""Nari Vahini"" and activist of ""Azad Hind Fauj"", passed away. She also worked as partition refugee. |
| 12/5/1951 | Abanindranath Tagore, a great Modern Indian Painter, passed away. |
| 2/22/1982 | South-South Conference opens in New Delhi. |
| 8/6/1993 | Medha Patkar suspends anti-Narmada stir and drops her ''jal samarpan'' threat. |
| 8/5/1604 | John Eliot, ""Apostle to Indians,"" Bible translator, baptized. |
| 4/8/1835 | Raja Ram Mohan Roy reached England. |
| 12/4/1910 | Ramaswami Venkataraman, former President of India (1987-92), was born. |
| 1/10/1908 | Gandhiji adopts word, ""Satyagraha"" in place of ""Passive Resistance"". Sentenced to two months' imprisonment for failure to leave Transvaal. |
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