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Historical Event on 6/7/1996

Sq. Ldr. Sanjay Thapar of IAF becomes the first Indian to jump from a parachute and hoist the national flag at the North Pole.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/13/1928Nationalists issue a draft constitution calling for dominion status and a two-chamber parliament.
2/10/1930Shrikant Kirloskar, director of 'Kirloskar Udyog Samuh', was born.
2/10/1930Akbar himself left Agra.
9/30/1922Bakhshish Singh Nijjar, great historian and author, was born at Domeli village (Punjab).
6/23/1930The Simon Commission recommends a federal India and the separation of Burma at London.
11/19/1924Amarjit Singh, great educationist and scientist, was born at Punjab.
1/7/1994The whole nation pays homage to Kanchi's beloved 'peripatetic tapasvin sage', Shri Shri Shankaracharya Chandrashekharendra, who died on this date during his 100th year.
10/4/1997Two top executives of Turkish firm 'Karsan', accused in Rs. 133 crore urea import scam case, were remanded to police custody.
5/23/1924Venkatraman Narayan Swamy, cricketer (one Test v NZ in 1955, DNB, 0-45), was born in Calicut.
11/28/1956Chou En- lai, Chinese Prime Minister, came to India.