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Historical Event on 12/1/1997
At least 61 persons, including 22 women and 17 children, belonging to SC and extremely backward communities are gunned down by banned private army of feudal landlords, Ranbir Sena, at Bathe-Lakshmanpur village in Bihar's Jehanabad district.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/6/1998 | Salman Khursheed is appointed the new UPCC(I) chief. While Tindivanam K. Ramamurthy is the new TNCC(I) chief, Sat Mahajan has been appointed HPCC(I) president. |
| 8/2/1922 | Krishnapal Singh, politician and lawyer, was born at Birahuli in Madhya Pradesh. |
| 2/28/1900 | Kondedera Madappa Kariappa, first General of independent India, was born. |
| 1/22/2000 | India retains the golf title in the SAARC championship in Dhaka. |
| 5/15/1958 | Aruna Asaf Ali became the Mayor of Delhi. |
| 5/15/1958 | Guru Angad, Sikh Guru, was born. |
| 8/26/1874 | Ishwar Sharan Munshi, politician and philosopher, was born. |
| 2/21/1983 | More than 600 people were killed in the Indian state of Assam after student agitators protesting the immigration of Muslim refugees from Bangladesh attempted to stop state elections. |
| 5/26/1957 | Janta Insurance Scheme was inaugurated in Bombay. |
| 12/31/1929 | At the Lahore session, under the Presidentship of Jawaharlal Nehru, the Congress adopted a resolution of 'Poorna Swaraj' (Complete Independence), the slogan given by Gandhiji. The tricolour flag of freedom was unfurled and 26th January 1930 was decided to be celebrated as Independence day every year. This session led to Civil Disobedience Movement, Dandi March to break the Salt Law, etc. |
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