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Historical Event on 7/7/1997

Armed Kuki militants shot dead 25 persons and injured five seriously in an attack on Paites village in Manipur.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/24/1995A full Bench comprising Chief Justice M.M. Pareed Pillai, TV Ramakrishna and P. Shanmugam of the Kerala High Court quashed the words ""incestuous adultery"", ""adultery coupled with cruelty"" and ""adultery coupled with desertion"" contained in Section 10 of Indian (Christian) Divorce Act.
3/16/1945Ganesh Damodar Savarkar, who was a revolutionary and brother of Swatantriya Veer Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, passed away.
10/28/1984Federal agents early this morning caught Guru Shree Rajneesh trying to flee the country. Rajneesh was charged with violating immigration laws and arranging phoney marriages for his cult members. The religious leader was nabbed at Charlotte, North Carolina airport when his jet, bound for Bermuda, touched down for re-fueling. The Bhagwan ran a commune of about 1,500 people in Oregon. Thousands more cult members live in Rajneesh's native land India and other countries. He knew the federal government had no faith in him after his chief adviser, a woman named Ma Anand Sheela, was arrested in West Germany for several minor offenses. Rajneesh appeared in court on this date clad in a lavender robe.
5/9/1995Abha Gandhi, servant to Mahatma Gandhi, passed away. He was 68 years.
11/22/1773Robert Clive, English occupier (India), passed away at the age of 48.
11/8/1977Bommi Narsing Reddy, famous film story writer and Dadasaheb Phalke awardee, passed away.
10/12/2000A Special Court sentences former Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao and his Home Minister Buta Singh to undergo three years rigorous imprisonment and pay a fine of Rs. 2 lakhs each in the 'JMM MPs' bribery case'.
6/13/1998India rejects G-8 prescriptions saying they are ''coercive and intrusive'' and intend to freeze the nuclear weapon capabilities of New Delhi and Islamabad.
10/27/1999Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) in Madhya Pradesh splits.
1/27/1970Probir Sen, cricketer, 20 catches & 11 stumpings and 14 Tests for India, passed away.