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Historical Event on 6/8/1997

Prafulla Kumar Mahanta, Assam Chief Minister, has a narrow escape as a powerful remote-controlled bomb exploded in Maligaon area of Guwahati.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/12/1967National Conference, the Working Committee of Jammu and Kashmir, unanimously passed the proposal to a permanent merger of the state with India.
10/30/1999The Central Ministerial team led by Mr. Advani is prevented from making an on-the-spot assessment of the havoc wrecked by the super cyclone.
6/25/1994Bombay's former underworld don Haji Masthan Mirza passed away.
10/20/1997Veerappan, the forest brigand, releases the six hostages after 12 days.
11/28/1990President's rule imposed in Assam. Assembly kept in suspended animation. United Liberation Front of Assam and National Socialist Council of Nagaland banned.
11/10/1991South Africa's first cricket One-day international since 1970 vs India.
5/13/1998India conducts two more nuclear tests at Pokhran. The US slaps sanctions. The Prime Minister says India will face down sanctions.
11/29/1644The Massachusetts General Court issued a call for local pastors to learn the dialects of neighboring Indian tribes as an aid toward converting them to the Christian faith.
1/19/1948India and Pakistan accept U.N. mediation in New York.
3/9/1989Yasser Arafat, PLO Chairman, arrives on a two-day state visit to India.