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Historical Event on 1/7/1997

Jaspal Rana bags six gold medals in the men's standard pistol and air pistol and set two more records on the penultimate day of the National shooting.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/10/1966Tashkent Conference between Pakistan and Indian leaders ended after signing of peace accord by Lal Bahadur Shastri and General Ayub Khan.
4/18/1930Surya Sen alias Masterda attacked on Armoury of Chittagong with 62 men of the Indian Republican Army.
1/8/1872Hemchandra Goswami, ancient Asamia literature expert, historian, editor and poet, was born.
9/14/1933Gandhi declares one-year moratorium on civil disobedience in India.
8/2/1922Krishnapal Singh, politician and lawyer, was born at Birahuli in Madhya Pradesh.
1/14/1964Bapu Nadkarni bowled 32-27-5-0 vs England, 21 maiden overs in a row.
3/1/1971General Election ( 5th) of India begins.
3/9/1961Kotamaraju Rama Rao, famous journalist, passed away.
9/4/1997Madhavrao Scindia, Tariq Anwar, Meira Kumar, Oscar Fernandes and R. R. Dhawan appointed AICC general-secretaries by party president Sitaram Kesri.
1/27/1987P. T. Usha nominated the Asian Athlete of 1986 by the US Sports Academy (USA).