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Historical Event on 6/8/1997

Prafulla Kumar Mahanta, Assam Chief Minister, has a narrow escape as a powerful remote-controlled bomb exploded in Maligaon area of Guwahati.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/22/1949SSC Examination system started.
8/9/1966Heroes of the 1942 movement were honoured at a rally in Red Fort.
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.
7/1/1955Imperial Bank of India was inaugurated and was renamed as State Bank of India.
1/1/1932Publication of Marathi Newspaper 'Sakal' started.
6/7/1997Mahesh Bhupathi becomes the first Indian to win a Grand Slam title when he and Japan's Rika Hiraki claim the mixed doubles.
1/14/1982First Antarctic Expedition on December 1981-Jan 1982; group of 21 Indian scientists team led by S. Z. Qasim reached Antarctica successfully.
12/10/1907Rudyard Kipling, author of `The Jungle Book' and `Kim', received the Nobel prize for literature.
11/27/1935Prakash Bhandari, cricketer (3 Tests for India in mid-50's, 77 runs), was born in Delhi
3/24/1991Bhau Samarth, internationaly famed painter, passed away.