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Historical Event on 6/10/1997

Three Indians - Kumaramangalam Birla, Ratan Tata and Dhirubhai Ambani - figure in the list of Asia's top 100 super rich.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/12/1958Satyajit Ray gets the award for best direction at the San Francisco International Film Festival.
1/23/1993British PM John Major arrives in India on an official visit.
4/19/1975First Indian Satellite ''Aryabhata'' launched. The Satellite provided technological experience in building and operating a satellite system. It was launched by Russian launch vehicle Intercosmos.
2/6/2000''Water'' shooting stopped following suicide by a Shiv Sena activist; and director, Ms. Deepa Mehta asked to leave Varanasi.
3/29/1970Union Government revises the percentage of reservation in service for SC\STs from 12.5\% to 15\%. Orders to be effective from 25 March.
6/23/1894Edward VIII, king of Great Brit/N-Ireland and emperor of India (1936), was born.
3/17/1943Indian troops retreat from Rathedaung to Buthidaung in the face of a renewed Japanese offensive on the Arakan front in Burma.
3/13/1971Fifth General Election of India ends.
11/30/1909Gandhiji reaches South Africa.
6/4/1987A Swedish Government enquiry finds that Bofors paid commission to middlemen for concluding Arms Purchase Agreement with India.