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Historical Event on 7/6/1995

Five foreign tourists trekking in Kashmir 10 km uphill from Pahalgam were abducted by militants.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/2/1869Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (Mahatma Gandhi) born to a Bania (trading caste) family at Porbander, Kathiawar. He was the youngest of the three sons of Karamchand alias Kaba Gandhi, Prime Minister successively in Porbunder, Rajkot and Vankaner States, and his fourth wife Putlibai.
3/27/1990A 10-member Progressive Democratic Front Ministry led by Churchill Alemao sworn in Goa.
2/19/1994IRBM Agni Missile test fired successfully for the third time.
5/7/1991Haryana beat Bombay in the cricket Ranji Trophy final by 2 runs.
4/12/1912Kirpal Singh Narang, social reformer and educationist, was born at Amritsar (Punjab).
9/1/1989Yasser Arafat chosen for the 1988 Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding.
3/23/1919Subhadra Joshi, freedom fighter, was born. She took active participation in Salt and non cooperation movement. She also motivated the freedom movement through her newspaper ""Hamara Sangram"".
12/11/1908New law suspends trial by jury and increases penalties for 'sedition.'
2/20/1987Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh becomes the 23rd and 24th states of Indian Union.
1/24/1937Gandhi announces that he will retire from politics.