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Historical Event on 7/28/1997

12 persons are killed and 69 injured as New Delhi-bound Karnataka Express rams Himsagar Express at Old Faridabad station level-crossing in Haryana.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/30/1913B. S. Soman, first Admiral of India, was born.
5/11/1999Supreme Court confirms the death sentence on four of the 26 accused in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, reduces to life imprisonment the sentence on three others and acquits the remaining 19.
12/31/1984Rajiv Gandhi was sworn is as the 6th Prime Minister of India. He succeeded his mother Indira Gandhi. He became the Prime Minister of India for a second time and first time after elections.
12/31/1984Ibrahim Lodi (1517-26) succeeded the throne of Delhi, after the death of his father Sikandar Lodi.
7/9/199517 Indian mountaineers peaked Jogambha in the Garhwal Himalayas.
1/29/1953Indian National Academy of Dance, Drama and Music inaugurated.
10/14/1919Raghu Karmkar, famous cinephotographer, was born.
6/28/1995Madhya Pradesh in central India is designated a `tiger state' to protect the animal from poachers and settlers.
7/12/1996Ram Vilas Paswan presents railway budget 96-97 with 10\% hike in freight and upper class journeys.
6/10/1900Jayantnath Chaudhary, former General of Indian Army General, was born.