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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
10/31/1919Jaikisan Harivallabhdas, great industrialist, was born.
11/15/1992Praveen Amre scores century (103) on Test Cricket debut vs South Africa at Durban
3/31/1930Shyamji Krishna Varma, freedom fighter, nationalist and patriot, passed away in Geneva.
10/1/1941No. 3 Squadron, similarly Audax-equipped, was raised at Peshawar.
7/3/1661Portugal gives Tanger & Bombay to English King Charles II.
12/1/1966Nagaland becomes a state of the Indian Union.
11/12/1939Pratap Chandra Lal arrived at the training establishment at RAF Station, Risalpur. He then rose to the Air Chief Marcharl of Indian Air Force.
9/27/1999Harshad Mehta and three others are convicted for misappropriating surplus funds of the Maruti Udyog Ltd.
7/4/1914Savlaram Ravji Patil (P. Savlaram), film lyrisist and story writer, was born.
11/28/1945Australia Services draw second Victory Test Cricket vs India at Calcutta.