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Historical Event on 6/6/1997

U.S. Congress honours Mother Teresa with a gold medal.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/15/1912Rusi Karanjia, journalist and publisher, was born.
6/13/1932Nirmalchandra Sen, great revolutionary, died.
11/24/1948Ashok Gandotra, cricketer (Two Tests for India 1969), was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
1/22/1945The Indian 7th Division captures Tilin at Burma.
1/19/2000Railways retains the Lady Ratan Trophy Women's National Hockey championship.
11/30/1988Cyclone lashes Bangladesh, Eastern India; 317 killed.
12/23/1959Edward Fredrick Lindlewood Halifax ""Irwin Lord"", English viscount and Governor General of India (1925-1931), died at the age of 78.
5/7/1834East India Company annexed Coorg. King Raja Veer Rajendra, who was a cruel ruler, after formally declaring a war had captured Durg State.
1/7/1859The Bahadur Shah II case trial was started, which ended on March 29.
3/6/1971Test debut of Sunil Gavaskar vs West Indies at Port-of-Spain.