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Historical Event on 7/11/1997

Ten persons were killed as police opened fire on Dalit mob which attacked vehicles in protest against desecration of Ambedkar bust in Ramabai Ambedkar Nagar in north-east Mumbai.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/1/1978India's sixth Five-Year Plan commenced.
10/18/1995President's Rule imposed in UP and the State Assembly put in suspended animation.
10/23/1943Netaji Subash Chandra Bose inaugurated the Rani Jhansi Brigade in Azad Hind Army and announced war against the British Empire.
12/31/196199 Infantry Brigade Group, under Brigadier K S Raja, launched operations in Katanga province and regained full control of Katanga amidst stiff resistance offered by a break away faction (Katangese gendarmerie).
4/24/1944Shivprasad Gupta, philanthropist, freedom fighter and educationist, passed away.
1/21/1981Bishnu Ram Medhi, chief minister of Assam and Governor of Madras, passed away.
11/15/1999Notorious criminal Surendra alias Dolatpuri is shot dead in a police encounter at Khatavli, Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh.
5/19/2000A `civil coup' in Fiji ousts the first ethnic Indian Prime Minister Mahendra Pal Choudhary. President Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara proclaims a state of emergency.
5/13/1971General Insurance nationalized.
3/14/1994Narsinha Rao, Prime Minister, arrives in London for a 4-day official visit.