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Historical Event on 8/6/1997

Army confirms social activist Sanjay Ghose's death who was abducted by ULFA.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/25/1976India announces plan to penalize parents who have more than two children.
1/25/1989Congress-I ministry headed by S. C. Jamir assumes office in Nagaland.
8/15/1947The Defence department becomes the Ministry of Defence under a Cabinet Minister. Each service was placed under its own Commander-in-Chief. Under the Constitution, the supreme command of the Armed Forces was vested with the President.
9/15/1903Wazir Syed Ali, right-hand batsman and right-arm fast medium bowler, was born at Jalandhar.
4/1/2000Disinvestment not distress sell, says Prime Minister A. B. Vajpayee at a conference of chief executives of PSUs in New Delhi.
2/11/1996Nepal PM Sher Bahadur Deuba arrives in India for a week-long visit.
8/7/1947BEST services were started by Mumbai Mahanagarpalika.
2/21/1829Kittur Rani Channamma, revolutionary freedom fighter and social reformer, passed away.
11/29/2000India strikes a counter-trade oil deal with Iraq as part of an effort to build a strategic relationship with Baghdad.
8/8/2000S.Nijalingappa (97), former Karnataka Chief Minister, died at his residence in Chitradurga.