Prime Minister of India
I.K. Gujral becomes Prime Minister after the fall of the Deve Gowda government.
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1997 in India
Explore 6 historical events and records for India in 1997.
Historical records for India in 1997
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President of India
K.R. Narayanan takes office as the tenth President of India.
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Event Horizon Evidence from X-Ray Binaries
Uses the low luminosity of quiescent black hole binaries compared with neutron-star systems to argue for the observational presence of event horizons.
Gujral Doctrine
Gujral promotes a foreign-policy approach emphasising unilateral goodwill toward India's smaller South Asian neighbours.
Honours
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam receives the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian honour.
The God of Small Things
Publication of "The God of Small Things"
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