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Historical Event on 11/6/1997
Chief Executives of public sector banks and Finance Minister P. Chidambaram, after a meeting in New Delhi, decide to grant greater administrative autonomy to select public sector banks.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/24/1989 | A majority of opposition members in Lok Sabha resign on the issue of C & AG report on Bofors gun deal. |
| 7/24/1989 | Portuguese Catholics conquer Goa under Albuquerque, the then Governor, to serve as capital of their Asian maritime empire beginning conquest and exploitation of India by Europeans. |
| 5/18/1945 | Bhagwat Subramaniam Chandrasekhar, cricketer (brilliant Indian leggie 1964-79), was born in Banglore. He received Arjun Award and Padmashree awards in 1972. |
| 3/12/1992 | A devastating wave of car-bomb explosions killed an estimated 300 people and injured hundreds more today in the large western Indian port city of Bombay. The first blast ripped through the city's stock exchange building, and minutes later a dozen slightly less powerful explosions rocked the bustling city center.The bomb attacks appeared to have been part of a carefully planned operation.The devices were clearly meant to cause maximum loss of life and damage to property. |
| 12/28/1981 | Salman Rushdie is awarded the Booker Prize for Midnight's Children. |
| 5/20/1976 | Oil production started from Bombay High. |
| 4/2/1953 | Asaf Ali, lawyer, nationalist and writer, passed away. |
| 3/18/1992 | Shreyanprasad Jain, famous philanthropist and industrialist, passed away. |
| 6/22/1993 | The centre bans the use of 12 pesticides. |
| 2/20/1950 | Sarat Chandra Bose, freedom fighter, journalist, leader and elder brother of Subhashchandra Bose, passed away. |
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