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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
11/3/1929Dr. Hemant Vishnu Inamdar, thesis writer and editor, was born.
8/17/1944Indian Viceroy Viscount Wavell rejects Gandhi's request to discuss war support in return for Indian independence.
12/29/1904K. V. Puttappa, famous Kannada poet and Gyanpeeth awardee, was born at Hirekodage.
1/10/1986Pakistan decides to lift 8-year-old ban on private trade with India.
8/8/1966India endorses the Partial Nuclear Ban Treaty.
8/1/2000Lt. Gen. Padmanabhan to be new Army chief replacing Gen. V. P. Malik.
9/23/1863Rao Tularam Singh Yadav, freedom fighter, was one of the key leaders of the Indian rebellion of 1857, in Haryana, where he is considered a state hero.
1/7/1988Mrs. Janaki Ramachandran sworn in as CM of Tamil Nadu.
2/21/1983More than 600 people were killed in the Indian state of Assam after student agitators protesting the immigration of Muslim refugees from Bangladesh attempted to stop state elections.
2/10/1986Pope John Paul II ends visit to India.