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Historical Event on 6/6/1997

U.S. Congress honours Mother Teresa with a gold medal.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/24/1946Congress party rejects British plan for provisional govt. pending constitution in New Delhi.
9/25/1928Madhavrao Gadkari, great litterateur and editor, was born.
6/1/1842Satyendranath Tagore, Bengali officer and litterateur, was born.
4/2/1992Agajan Baig (Aga), famous Hindi film actor, passed away.
4/2/1992Saint Narhari Sonar, a poet-saint of the Varkari smanaj and goldsmith (sonar) from Maharashtra had taken Samadhi. His transition from a staunch Shaiva to a Vithoba-worshipping Varkari, after a miracle that makes him realize that Vithoba and Shiva are one and the same.
1/1/1981Colaba District renamed as Raigad District.
5/17/1996Four members (Sange Sherpa, Hira Ram, Tashi Ram, Nadre Sherpa) of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police expedition climb Mount Everest from the Chinese side.
5/2/1930Riots break out in Amritsar.
4/2/1970Meghalaya, an autonomous hilly state, was established after dividing the hilly areas of Assam.
7/17/1996All 47 ministers in Madhya Pradesh submit resignations to CM Digvijay Singh.