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Historical Event on 6/11/1997
Jaspal Rana and J. Abhijit in the men's section and Nisha Millet in the women's section adjudged best sports persons of the National Games.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/21/1947 | Indian Constitution Assembly accepted the tricolour flag as its National Flag. This flag is with three equal horizontal stripes of Saffron (Sacrifice), White (Truth) and Green (Prosperity) and a Chakra is superimposed on white (Dharma Chakra on the capitol of Ashoka's Pillar at Sarnath) in blue colour having 24 spokes. The ratio of the width to length is two to three. |
| 9/24/1859 | Nana Saheb, alias Dhundu Pant, one of the top leaders of Sepoy Mutiny, passed away in Nepal. |
| 12/5/1991 | Sarkaria report accepted. |
| 9/28/1929 | Lata Mangeshkar, great playback singer, was born. |
| 2/12/1871 | Charles Freer Andrews, great social worker, humanitarian, leader and a true friend of India, was born in New-Castle-on-Tyne in U.K. |
| 10/2/1944 | Gandhiji was presented a purse of Rs 110 lakhs (£ 8,25,000) for Kasturba Memorial on his 75th birthday. |
| 10/30/1977 | Demonstrators and police clash in Madras as Indira Gandhi tours the country. |
| 2/1/1917 | Samar Roy, cricket Test Umpire for 6 tests from 1961-70, was born in Bengal. |
| 1/9/1918 | Harprasad Nanda, famous Industrialist, was born. |
| 5/16/1986 | V. Shantaram, 75, was chosen for the Dada Saheb Phalke award. |
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