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Historical Event on 7/1/1997

Prime Minister inaugurated India's first Science City in Calcutta.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/7/1936Chandrakant Devtale, famous Hindi poet, was born.
12/5/1943The Japanese planes attack Calcutta port.
5/17/1857Bahadhur Shah II declared as the emperor of India.
8/2/1880Bellary Raghava, famous actor, lawyer, social worker and dramatist, was born.
6/13/2000Yashwant Sinha, Finance Minister, announces a one-time settlement of outstanding loans below Rs. 10 crores in a move aimed at ridding the public sector banks of Rs. 51,000 crores of bad loans.
5/1/1994Political party Shiromani Akali Dal was established.
8/2/1891Padmashree V. P. Karmarkar (Nanasaheb), famous sculptor, was born.
5/1/1908Praful Chaki committed suicide after he threw a bomb on Judge Kingsford of Mujaffarpur, killing two inocent women.
4/10/1997Bill Gates, Chairman and CEO of Microsoft, announces Rs. 2.5 crore aid to Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan's Gandhi Institute of Computer Education and Information Technology, Mumbai.
8/28/1972General Insurance Business was nationalised.