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Historical Event on 6/7/1997
Mahesh Bhupathi becomes the first Indian to win a Grand Slam title when he and Japan's Rika Hiraki claim the mixed doubles.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/30/1993 | CBI arrests Bhupen Dalal and three other brokers for cheating of LIC Mutual Funds involving Rs.173 crore. |
| 9/5/1659 | Queen Saibai, wife of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, died. |
| 10/2/1952 | Community Development Programme started. |
| 2/28/1997 | Finance Minister P. Chidambaram presents an action-packed budget for 1997-98. |
| 4/1/1976 | Television was separated from radio, and Doordarshan Corporation was established. |
| 2/16/1896 | Suryakant Tripathi 'Nirala', great Hindi poet, litterateur, writer, social worker and editor, was born. |
| 3/4/1996 | India and EU agree on a plan to boost trade ties. |
| 2/14/1901 | Sambamurty Pichhu, music teacher, was born. |
| 7/12/1998 | India will not reverse the nuclear programme, declared Mr. Vajpayee. |
| 5/1/1913 | Balraj Sahani, famous film actor, was born. |
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