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Historical Event on 6/3/1997

Four women ministers (Renuka Choudhry, Kamala Sinha, Ratnamala Savanur & Jayanti Natarajan) join I K Gujral cabinet.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/6/199813th Asian Games inaugurated at Bangkok.
8/29/1975Adinath Lahiri, leading geologist, passed away.
2/26/1984Satellite Insat 1-B dedicated to the nation by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.
12/11/1845First battle between Britishers and Sikhs. In 1849, Punjab lost its independence. This is referred as the first Anglo-Sikh War.
10/19/1921Pandurangshastri Athvle, founder of 'Swadhyay Pariwar', was born.
1/1/1987United Nations General Assembly announced this year to be observed as the ""International Year of Shelter for the Homeless"". (5-10-87).
1/18/1992Ordinance cuts minimum poll campaign time to 14 days from 20 days.
6/18/1996CBI arrests Sanjeeva Rao, relative of Narasimha Rao, and Prakash Yadav, son of former Union Minister, in the urea scam.
3/7/1942Umesh Narayan Kulkarni, cricketer (Indian pace bowler in four Tests 1967-68), was born in Alibaug, Maharashtra.
7/8/199125 tonnes of gold moved to London from India to raise $ 200 million loan.