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Historical Event on 6/7/1996

Sq. Ldr. Sanjay Thapar of IAF becomes the first Indian to jump from a parachute and hoist the national flag at the North Pole.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/30/1990Constitution (64th) Amendment Bill to extend President's rule in Punjab collapses in Lok Sabha.
5/20/1996Janaki Ramachandran, chief minister of Tamil Nadu (1988), passed away.
3/22/1932Indian Muslims break with Great Britain.
11/2/1774Lord Robert Clive, one of the founders of British Rule in India, British Army Chief and Diplomat, died. He committed suicide in England at the age of 49 under strain of ill health and charges of his misdeeds in India.
4/15/1890Gaganvihari Lalubhai Mehta, famous Indian economist, politician and journalist, was born.
5/12/1987Britain's HMS Hermes becomes Indian Navy's second aircraft carrier named INS Viraat.
4/10/1997Kerala becomes the first state to have public telephones in all its villages, accessible over STD/ISD from any part of the world.
11/23/1994100 killed in a stampede of Govari Samaj people during a protest march towards Nagpur Assembly.
4/16/1976The govt. announces its new birth-control program to curb population growth.
12/13/1772Narayan Rao became the Peshwa at Satara.