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Historical Event on 1/7/1997

Jaspal Rana bags six gold medals in the men's standard pistol and air pistol and set two more records on the penultimate day of the National shooting.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/13/1918Balasarswati, famous dancer of Bharat Natyam, was born.
7/1/1964Industrial Development Bank of India (IDBI) was established.
3/11/1903Shrinagesh M. M, former General, was born.
12/12/1992Government asks CBI to probe the demolition of the masjid in Ayodhya.
1/18/1932Shyam Nandan Kishore, great educationist, was born at Muzaffarpur.
4/6/1980Janata Party splits again; members with RSS links form the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP). A. B. Vajpayee becomes its first President.
8/2/2000The Lok Sabha performs a ''hat-trick'' by setting off the process for the creation of three new states by passing the Jharkhand Bill.
7/2/1999In Jammu and Kashmir, nine people are killed by unidentified militants.
8/8/1942'Britishers Quit India', this resolution was announced in public at Bombay Congress Session. This resolution was passed by All Indian National Congress Committee and Gandhiji gave the 'Do or Die' call for Independence struggle.
10/5/1878First Indian circus was played by Vishnu Moreshwar Chhatre of Sangli at Mumbai.