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Historical Event on 6/2/1997
Saudi Boeing 747 Jumbo with 348 people on board misses the Meenambakkam international airport, Chennai and forcelands at Tambaram Air Force strip.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/6/1990 | Bhalchandra Tryambak Randive, senior Marxist leader and founder President of WTU, died. |
| 10/18/1919 | W. A. Sangma, leader of Meghalaya, was born. |
| 3/11/1963 | Mahomed Nissar, 6 Tests for India 1932-36, 25 wkts @ 28.28, passed away. |
| 5/6/1910 | Edward 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. |
| 2/15/1901 | Muddan, famous Kannad poet and author, passed away. |
| 10/6/1992 | Z. R. Ansari, former central minister, died. |
| 10/27/1907 | Brahma Bandhav Upadhyay died. |
| 11/10/1989 | Foundation stone laid for the Ram Janambhoomi temple at Ayodhya. |
| 4/17/1946 | Shri Valangaiman Sankaranarayana Srinivasa Shastri, greatest social reformer, freedom fighter, educationist, politician, master, scholar of Sanskrit and President of India, passed away. |
| 11/13/1901 | Four Language panels were started on Rs. 10/- notes. First time four corner serial numbers were introduced. This panel had Indian languages which varied from state to state. |
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