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Historical Event on 10/6/1997

International Commodity Exchange Division of the India Pepper and Spice Trade Association in Kochi opened.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/15/1998Tennis duo Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupati were ranked No. 2 when they won Dubai Open.
6/9/1986ICMR set up a network of Reference/Surveillance Centres for AIDS in almost all states of India.
1/28/1996Dev Kanta Baruah, first President of former Congress, passed away at New Delhi at the age of 82.
10/19/1920Prakashchandra Sethi, former central minister, was born.
11/11/1924Rusi Sheriyar Modi, cricketer (Indian batsman in post-War years), was born in Surat, Gujarat.
10/1/1995Aditya Birla, famous industrialist, died.
3/6/1990India wins Indira Gandhi Gold Cup hockey tournament.
5/17/1996Rusi Modi, cricketer (736 runs 10 post-war Tests for India), passed away.
5/6/1910Edward VII, King of Great Britain and Emperor of India, died suddenly of pneumonia at Buckingham Palace tonight. He ruled Britain for nine years. Power passed immediately to his son George, the Prince of Wales, who will rule as King George V. The 68-year-old monarch's sudden death threw his country into a state of shock. Edward had apparently caught a cold during a visit the past weekend to the wet grounds of his estate at Sandringham.
10/29/1967Kurtkoti Lingangaunda, great Indian Philosopher, passed away.