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Historical Event on 6/11/1997

Jaspal Rana and J. Abhijit in the men's section and Nisha Millet in the women's section adjudged best sports persons of the National Games.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/27/1968Second Jawaharlal Nehru award for International Understanding given to Reverend Martin Luther King posthumously.
5/27/1968Babur came to India , and conquered it through Sindh in his fifth attempt.
7/7/1937Jagdish Prasad Goenka, great industrialist, was born in Calcutta.
4/15/1998Punjab men and Railways women emerge champions in the National Volleyball League in Patna.
5/25/1997In a bid to break the deadlock on naming transport corporation after caste leaders in southern districts, Tamil Nadu Government agrees to create a new bus corporation named after Pulithevan.
6/27/2000Maneka Gandhi, Union Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment, launches National Initiative for child protection of which childline is an integral part.
7/25/1987Giani Zail Singh (1916-1994) retired from the post of seventh President.
3/20/1952Anand Armitraj, great Indian tennis player (Brother of Vijay), was born.
1/18/1985Spy ring cracked. Top Government officials, businessmen held.
10/13/1991PM Rao leaves for Harare to attend the Commonwealth heads of government meeting.