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Historical Event on 12/6/1997

Nine persons killed and over 60 injured in bomb blasts in three trains which left Chennai. Blasts occurred in Tiruchi, Erode (Tamil Nadu) and Trissur in Kerala.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/25/1965Sanjeev Kumar Sharma, cricketer (Indian pace bowler 1988-89), was born in Delhi.
5/23/1895Shivprasad Sitar-E-Hind passed away.
4/4/1947San Francisco's Henry Grady chosen the first U.S. ambassador to India.
8/9/1971Vinodnand Jha, former Chief Minister of Bihar, died.
4/29/1957The National Civil Defence College was founded at Nagpur as the Central Emergency Relief Training Institute (CERTI). It functions as the training wing of the Emergency Relief Organisation of the Government of India.
6/8/1997Prafulla Kumar Mahanta, Assam Chief Minister, has a narrow escape as a powerful remote-controlled bomb exploded in Maligaon area of Guwahati.
9/7/2000The Election Commission de-recognises the Lok Shakti, headed by former Union Minister Ramakrishna Hegde, as a state party on the basis of its performance in the Lok Sabha and Assembly polls in 1999.
5/20/1999The CWC expels Sharad Pawar, M. P. A. Sangma and Tariq Anwar for six years from the primary membership of the party.
2/2/1956The president inaugurated the Bhoodan padyatra led by Dr. Sushila Nayar.
7/26/1991Indian, UN Observer Mission in El Salvador joined (ONUSAL from Jul 1991 To Apr 1995).