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Historical Event on 6/2/1997
Saudi Boeing 747 Jumbo with 348 people on board misses the Meenambakkam international airport, Chennai and forcelands at Tambaram Air Force strip.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/25/1928 | Madhavrao Gadkari, great litterateur and editor, was born. |
| 8/9/1995 | India celebrated 53rd anniversary of Quit India movement. |
| 10/16/1997 | Queen Elizabeth visits Kalakshetra where she witnesses Bharatanatyam show and film shooting at MGR Film City, Taramani in Chennai. She also goes to Kancheepuram and Sriperumbudur (Rajiv Gandhi memorial). |
| 11/6/1946 | P. S. Shivswami Iyyer, great politician and administrator, passed away. |
| 3/19/1907 | Dr. Dilawar Hussain, right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper, was born. |
| 7/1/1964 | Industrial Development Bank of India (IDBI) was established. |
| 11/16/1997 | Sandalwood smuggler Veerappan offers to surrender. |
| 10/2/1904 | Lal Bahadur Shastri, the second Prime Minister of India (1964-66), was born in Mughalsarai near Benaras in Uttar Pradesh. |
| 6/10/1966 | MIG aeroplanes were designed at Nashik. |
| 6/11/1991 | Forty die in rioting in Srinigar, Kashmir. |
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