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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
12/24/1932The third and last Round Table conference on India ends. It was was held in London.
1/14/1905Durga Khote, Marathi stage artist and actress, was born.
2/27/1941Paddy Ashton, first leader of Britain's Social and Liberal Democrat Party, was born in New Delhi, India.
5/25/1941Sagarmal Gopa, a devoted patriot and freedom fighter, was arrested in Jaisalmer. He wrote two books ""Jaisalmer Rajya ka Gunda Shasan"" and ""Raghunath Singh Ka Mukadma"" for which he was prohibited to enter in Jaisalmer.
7/20/1955Suez Canal nationalised by Gamal Abdul Nassar.
2/23/1946Some 300,000 Indians joined in anti-British demonstrations today in the wake of yesterday's violent riots in the city of Bombay. Indian Navy rebels. A day of terror and rebellion saw Indian Navy members turn against their British officers firing machine guns.
4/3/1984Sikh terrorists kill a member of Parliament in his home in New Delhi.
3/3/1948B. S. Munje, founder of Bhosla Military School, passed away.
10/21/1999B. R. Chopra, filmmaker, gets the Dadasaheb Phalke Award.
6/18/1988V.P.Singh defeats Congress rival Sunil Shastri in Allahabad Lok Sabha election.