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Historical Event on 11/6/1997
Chief Executives of public sector banks and Finance Minister P. Chidambaram, after a meeting in New Delhi, decide to grant greater administrative autonomy to select public sector banks.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/6/1997 | Pedro Cabral departs from Pourtugol with 13 ships to India. |
| 3/17/1957 | New Central Cabinet under J. L. Nehru sworn in. |
| 4/26/1945 | Virinchirpuram Krishnamurthi Ramaswamy, cricketer (Indian Test umpire stood in 1996 World Cup), was born in Madras. |
| 5/20/1992 | Jayalalitha sacks R. M. Veerappan from her cabinet in Tamil Nadu. |
| 4/3/1978 | Pandit Hridaynath Kunzru, social reformer, politician, passed away. He contributed greatly to public life, fighting against caste system, untouchability etc. He was closely affiliated to the 'Servants of India Society' with Ghokhaleji. He even declined to accept the ""Bharat Ratna"" award conferred on him. |
| 8/23/1995 | First ever cellular phone service begins in Calcutta. |
| 8/23/1995 | Maharana Pratap, great revolutionary, soldier and freedom fighter, was born. |
| 4/29/1960 | Pandit Balkrishna Sarma ''Navin'', famous Hindi poet of modern era, passed away. |
| 5/13/1956 | Acharya Vinoba Bhave started the Bhoodan campaign in Tiruvellore. |
| 4/15/1956 | A combined army and police action against well armed Naga rebels. |
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