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Historical Event on 6/10/1997

Three Indians - Kumaramangalam Birla, Ratan Tata and Dhirubhai Ambani - figure in the list of Asia's top 100 super rich.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/13/1967Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888-1975) retired from the post of second President.
4/6/1968Indira Gandhi,PM, inaugurated the construction of Bokaro Steel Plant.
11/29/1928Krishnaji Narayan Aathaly, great Marathi litterateur and editor, passed away.
2/22/1997India, Turkmenistan and Iran sign transit agreement.
4/22/1991IMF and the World Bank decide to grant $1 billion loan to India.
1/7/1990President returns the Indian Post Office (Amendment) Bills of 1986 to Parliament at the instance of the Government.
1/25/1824Micheal Madhusudan Dutta, Bengali poet and dramatist, was born in Sagardari village of Jessore district.
3/9/1974Guru Amudan Sharma, famous Manipuri dance master, passed away.
10/6/1893Meghnad N. Saha, astrophysicist, was born. In 1920, he developed the 'Thermal Ionization Equation', which has remained fundamental in all works on stellar atmospheres. This equation has been widely applied to the interpretation of stellar spectra, which are characteristic of the chemical composition of the light source.
5/16/1996Atal Krishna Behari Vajpayee, leader of Bharatiya Janta Party, becomes the 10th Prime Minister for 13 days (from May 16, 1996 to May 28, 1996 [techinally till 01-06-1996]), although his ability to govern effectively is in doubt.