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Historical Event on 1/6/1997

Sumita Ghosh (CISF) sets a National junior women's record in the standard rifle 3 position in National shooting.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/6/1997Alauddin Khilji captured Chittorhgarh after defeating Rana Bhim Singh. Before the capture, Padmini, the beautiful queen along with several hundred females, had sacrificed herself in fire (Jouhar Pratha). This whole battle was fought due to Padmini.
2/23/1969Madhubala, famous Hindi film actress, passed away.
2/12/1932Roby James Francis D. Silva, great industrialist, artist and designer, was born at Bombay.
5/9/1995Two new gas and oil reserves found off the Gujarat and Bombay coast.
7/29/1901Rudyard Kipling, the renowned author of stories and poems about colonial India and an unofficial spokesman for the British Empire, joined the rising chorus of criticism in regard to Britain's conduct in the increasingly unpopular Boer War.
5/4/1799Tipu Sultan is killed in a battle against 5,000 British soldiers who stormed and razed his capital, Seringapatanam.
11/22/1989Rajindernath, great Indian wicketkeeper 1 Test and 0 runs 0 ct, 4 stp, passed away.
1/21/2000The Samata Party National Executive elects Mrs. Jaya Jaitley as its president.
7/22/1925Govind Talwalkar, famous journalist and editor, was born.
6/23/1894Edward VIII, king of Great Brit/N-Ireland and emperor of India (1936), was born.