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Historical Event on 7/1/1997

The Sankaracharyas of Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam were given a warm reception at the Golden Temple, Amritsar.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/7/1955Jawaharlal Nehru, Indian Prime Minister, visited U.S.S.R.
4/20/1993Jharkhand Movement suspends its 36-days old economic blockade.
8/11/2000Usha Mehta, great Gandhian, passed away.
6/27/1915Khanderao Moreshwar Rangnekar, 3 test matches, 33 runs, vs Australia in 1947-48, was born at Mumbai.
4/18/1931Lord Willingdon took over as the Viceroy of India.
1/28/1898Nivedita, an Irish lady of Scottish descent, came to India.
1/28/1898Genghis Khan, Monghol conqueror, passed away.
11/6/1905Ram Bachan 'Aravind' Dwivedi, great Hindi, Bhojpuri poet and writer, was born at Dubouli, Bihar.
9/8/1997English chosen as the official language of Dravidian University which was set up at Kuppam (Andhra Pradesh) jointly by the southern states.
8/30/2000A. B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, announced a package for small units raising the ceiling on loans from Rs. 10 lakhs to Rs. 25 lakhs. For the handloom sector, a separate scheme costing Rs. 447 crores was also finalised.