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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
2/5/1630Har Rai, Sikh Guru, was born.
7/23/1903Chandra Shekhar Azad was born Today in 1903
2/21/1997Sonic Multani bags National snooker title in Mumbai.
8/26/1947Nawab of Bhopal announced accession of the Bhopal state to the Indian Dominion.
3/27/1845Wilhelm Conrad Von Roentgen, professor and first nobel prize winner, was born at Lennep, Germany.
3/14/1997Veerendra Patil, 73, twice former Chief Minister of Karnataka, passed away.
1/21/1922V. Rajagopal, cricket test umpire for 1 test in 1969-70, was born in Mumbai.
9/20/1856Narayan Guru was born in Chempazhanthi village of Kerala. Sri Narayan Guru was a social reformer, led reform movement in Kerala, rejected casteism, and promoted new values of spiritual freedom and social equality. He also stressed the need for the spiritual and social uplift of the downtrodden by their own efforts through the establishment of temples and educational institutions. In the process, he denounced the superstitions that clouded the fundamental Hindu cultural convention of caste.
1/16/1901Mahadeo Govind Ranade, eminent social worker and thinker, passed away.
7/6/1999The Indian High Commission staff member Yog Raj Vij, who was beaten up and abducted by Pakistani intelligence operatives, is released. India strongly condemns this assault.