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Historical Event on 12/6/1997
Space shuttle Columbia's astronauts return to earth following a two-week science mission on an enquiry awaiting them because of botched satellite release. Columbia and its crew of six, including India-born Kalpana Chawla, swooped through a clear chilly sky and landed on runway at Kennedy Space Centre. Astronauts save runaway $10-million satellite by catching it with their hands.

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9/7/1931	The Second Round Table conference began in London and lasted till 1st December, 1931. Congress was solely represented by Gandhi and Muslim League by Sir Allama Iqbal and Quaid-e-Azam. Two committees were set up to carry out the work of the conference on Federal Structure and Minorities. Gandhi was the member of both the committees. He claimed that being the sole representative of the Congress, he represented the whole of India. Quaid-e-Azam replied that Muslims are a separate nation. Sir Shafi demanded that the 14 points of Quaid-e-Azam be incorporated in the future constitution.
3/21/1982	Nadmuri Tarak Rama Rao forms Telugu Desam Party in Andhra Pradesh.
5/20/1878	Bahameni Sultan Dawood Shah was assassinated.
3/25/1898	Dalpatrai (Dalpatram Dahyabhai Trawadi), modern Gujrati poet, passed away.
7/17/1893	Lokmanya Tilak was arrested for 18 months.
9/4/1967	6.5 earthquake at Koyna Dam in Maharashtra kills 200 people.
3/23/1910	Dr. Ram Manohar Hiralal Lohia also known as ""Dauntless Dr. Lohia"", freedom fighter and socialist leader, was born at Akbarpur, district Faizabad, Uttar Pradesh. He had founded Praja Socialist Party in 1952.
3/31/1935	374 infants wed at a mass ceremony.
12/1/1985	Rajiv Gandhi concludes the first official visit to Japan by an Indian Prime Minister at Tokyo.
5/29/1936	Gandhi's eldest son creates a controversy as he converts to the Muslim faith.

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