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Historical Event on 2/11/1997

A New Delhi district consumer court holds that provision of drinking water aboard trains is a necessity and it is the duty of the railways to provide it to passengers in reserved compartments.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/29/1904Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhai Tata, president of Tata industrial group, was born in Paris, France. He was the first pilot of India to be conferred with the Bharat Ratna.
9/20/1878Hindu"", an English weekly in Madras with G. S. Aiyer as its Editor, was first published with only 80 copies.
2/2/2000The Government decides to appoint former Chief Justice of India M.N. Venkatachaliah as the Chairman of the National Commission to review the Constitution.
12/27/1936Golden Jublee Session of Indian National Congress, under the presidentship of Jawaharlal Nehru, held at Faizpur urging India to strike at British imperialism.
1/11/1613Emperor Jahangir in a proclamation permitted East India Company to establish factories in Surat. And the first British factory was established under Thomas Aldworth.
2/4/1992National Renewal Fund for industries set up.
2/23/1997176 people dead and 500 injured in a major fire at a religious congregation in Baripada, Orissa.
3/31/1992The new five-year Export-Import policy relaxes restrictions.
7/14/1997India finishes third in Asian women's weightlifting.
2/6/1990Ashok Shandilya of Railways wins National billiards crown.