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Historical Event on 7/1/1997

The Sankaracharyas of Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam were given a warm reception at the Golden Temple, Amritsar.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/22/1992The Supreme Court asks UP Government to halt construction in Ayodhya.
9/23/1903Yusuf Meherali, freedom fighter and socialist, was born.
6/6/1922Gopalan Morappakam Joysam, cricketer, was born at Maduranthakan, in Tamil Nadu. He received the Padmashree in 1964.
9/11/1954Ram Naresh, editor and Hindi author, was born.
12/27/1998Churches and missionary schools come under attack and many were injured in a fresh outbreak of communal violence in Surat and Dangs district of Gujarat even as the Bajrang Dal and the Vishwa Hindu Parishad announce the stepping up of their stir against the alleged conversion of Hindus.
1/17/1905Dattaraya Ramchandra Kaprekar was born at Dahanu near Bombay. He discovered the shortest possible routes to solve mathematical problems. In 1927, he won the wrangler R. P. Paranjpe Mathematical Prize for an Original Piece of work in mathematics. He discovered 'Kaprekar Constant' in 1946. It is the number ""6174"". The constant 6174 is arrived at and this number then generates itself into one set of numbers called ""self numbers"" that is also known by his name. Kaprekar passed away in 1988.
2/13/1997Deve Gowda, PM, dedicates the Rs. 3200-crore 480 MW Uri hydel project in north Kashmir to the nation.
11/29/1961First cosmonaut of the world, Yuri Gagarin of Russia, came to India.
9/24/1994At least 100 people die after an outbreak of pneumonic plague in the western city of Surat.
1/6/1932Meenatai Thackrey, social worker, was born.