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Historical Event on 6/3/1997
Four women ministers (Renuka Choudhry, Kamala Sinha, Ratnamala Savanur & Jayanti Natarajan) join I K Gujral cabinet.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/6/1680 | Chatrapati Rajaram Maharaj was crowned. |
| 3/9/1951 | Ustad Zakir Hussain, famous Tabla player, was born. |
| 12/16/1999 | Michael Johnson's 400m world record (43.18s) set up in the Seville World championship was ratified by IAAF. Other records also ratified were Kenyan Noah Ngeny's 1000m mark (2 11.96, Reiti, Italy) and Moroccan Hicham el Guerrouj's 2000m (4 44.79, Berlin). |
| 4/26/1945 | Virinchirpuram Krishnamurthi Ramaswamy, cricketer (Indian Test umpire stood in 1996 World Cup), was born in Madras. |
| 7/16/1936 | Venkataraman Subramanya, cricketer (Indian bowler in nine Tests mid-60's, Leg Break Googly, Right Arm), was born in Bangalore. |
| 9/22/1789 | Office of Postmaster General is created under the Treasury Department. |
| 2/22/1982 | South-South Conference opens in New Delhi. |
| 4/15/1883 | Narhar Raghunath Phatak, famous journalist and historian, was born. |
| 1/27/1967 | Maharashtra State Text book manufacturing and carriculum modification Corporation established at Pune. |
| 4/8/1998 | India enters into a historical partnership with France with the formal launch of a joint programme for restoring and protecting the Taj Mahal. |
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