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Historical Event on 6/7/1997

At least 37 persons were feared killed in a fire in ''yagyashala'' at Thanjavur Big Temple.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/21/1858Ramabai Dongre Medhavi, great social reformer, was born.
4/21/1990The first indigenously built missile cruiser boat, 'Vibhuti', was inaugurated and launched.
4/21/1994Malayalam sweeps national film awards. Mammootty, Shobhana best actor and actress; T.V. Chandran best director; Buddadeb Das Gupta's Bengali 'Charachar' adjudged best film.
9/3/1983U.S. Census reports world population at 4.72 billion. China has 1.05 billion and India 731 million.
4/3/1984Bombay beat Delhi on first innings to win the Ranji Trophy.
2/8/1994Gopalrao Deuskar, internationally famed painter, passed away.
8/2/1942Gandhi says that the Japanese might be welcomed in India should they invade due to current Indian discontent.
5/2/1981Dr. Yashwant Singh Parmar, the architect of modern Himachal Pradesh and an energetic Chief Minister, passed away.
3/14/1910Dalai Lama makes a rare state visit to the Viceroy of Calcutta.
1/1/1995This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Year of Tolerance"".