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Historical Event on 10/1/1997

Gul Mohammed (36), world's shortest man, died in New Delhi. Standing 56.16 cm tall, Mohammed entered the Guinness Book of World Records in 1992.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/18/1658Aurangzeb managed to capture the Agra Fort and later arrested his father Emperor Shahjahan.
5/30/1950Devdutta Ramkrishna Bhandarkar, great historian and archaeologist, passed away.
7/14/1994Veerappan, Sandalwood smuggler, declared 'proclaimed offender'.
2/1/1881Cambridge Missionaries founded St. Stephen's College in Delhi.
4/22/1958Admiral R. T. Katari was appointed as the first Indian Chief of the Naval Staff.
8/3/1995Enron Power Project scrapped by Maharashtra government.
4/1/1992ESI ceiling of Rs. 3000 comes into effect.
12/14/1998The Supreme Court allows Karnataka to begin skeletal work on erection of 26 crest gates at the Almatti dam on the Krishna at ''its own risk and cost'', but directs it not to raise the dam height beyond the present 509 metres.
11/22/1913Lakshmikant Jha, Governor of Jammu and Kashmir state and international famed ecomonist, was born.
9/11/1824Shivling Surge died at Alpayu.