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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
7/6/1939Manmohan Sood, cricketer (scored 0 & 3 in his only Test for India), was born in Lahore.
1/2/1992Central Ministers Cabinet approved that elections will take place after the death of any independent candidate.
5/22/1970Vijayanand Patnaik established political party `Utkar Congress'.
9/15/1860M. Visveswarayya, maker of modern Karnataka, was born. He was a notable engineer too.
6/27/1998Mr. Nikhil Chakravartty, journalist and chairman of Prasar Bharati, dies in New Delhi at 84.
10/9/1987Official Languages Rules, 1976 amended.
1/16/1995India and USA form new trade framework called Indo-US Commercial Alliance and signs contracts worth $ 1.4 b.
6/5/1997I. K. Gujral's visit to Nepal was marked by signing of Power Trade Agreement and MoU on civil aviation.
5/13/1962Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888-1975) became the second President of India. He held this office till May 13, 1967.
9/10/1980Mangalore University established.