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Historical Event on 6/1/1997

Union Minister for Forests and Environment, Prof. Saifuddin Soz announces Rs. 9 crore central package for afforestation and eco-development in J&K.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/7/1965Ashutosh Kali, great revolutionary, passed away.
6/16/1993Harshad Mehta accuses PM of taking Rs. 1 crore payoff from him in November 1991; Rao terms it malicious and unfounded.
3/21/1997Jockey Vasant Shinde retires.
8/7/1888Navalram (Navalram Laxmiram Pandya), literature critic and versatile Gujarati author, died.
4/11/1931Mahendranath Yeshwant Gupte, cricket test umpire for 1 test in 1984-85, was born at Mumbai.
9/13/1893Mama Parmanand, one of the founders of 'Prarthana Samaj', passed away.
1/26/1930Mahatma Gandhi started the Dandi march to protest against the Salt Act of the British and the same day Indians swore to get 'Total' Swaraj and organised the day as Swaraj Day.
1/17/1989Colonel J. K. Bajaj was the first Indian to reach the geographic South Pole.
7/27/1959Abbas Ali Baig scores 112 for India v England on debut.
10/20/1960Indian mountaineers reach the peak of Nanda Ghunti for the first time in the Kumaon Hills.