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Historical Event on 5/6/1997

12 persons killed and eight seriously injured in two blasts in east Delhi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/25/1994Mine fire at Asansol India, kills 55.
5/11/1970A bill for setting up of ""North Eastern Council"" passed.
9/18/1992M. Hidayatullah, former Vice President and Chief Justice, died. He was 87.
3/13/1992Indumati Ramkrishna Shevde, famous writer, critic and painter, passed away.
12/26/1904First cross-country motor car race inaugurated between Dehli and Bombay started its rally. It was organised by Motor Union of Western India.
11/9/1993Tamil Nadu Assembly urges the Centre to amend Constitution to retain 69\% reservation for backward classes.
6/11/1997Jaspal Rana and J. Abhijit in the men's section and Nisha Millet in the women's section adjudged best sports persons of the National Games.
6/25/1996Sunderlal Bahuguna, noted environmentalist, ends 74-day repentance fast at Rajghat following assurance from PM Deve Gowda.
5/18/1932Hindu-Muslim riots take place in Bombay. 150 are killed or injured. Jinnah - the permanent president of the Muslim league, began to spread the rumors that Muslim minority was in danger under Hindu majority and actively propagated the theory of two separate nations.
12/14/1936Kamalkant Bhattacharya, Assamese thinker and author, passed away.