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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 |
| 12/19/1999 | The President and the Prime Minister express shock over the bid to assassinate the Sri Lankan President, Chandrika Kumaratunga. |
| 6/10/1959 | Tyagmurti Goswami Ganeshdutt, social worker, died near Hardwar. |
| 9/12/1899 | Vibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay, world famous Bengali novelist, was born. |
| 2/2/1958 | Family tradition still counts for something in Indian politics. Indira Gandhi, the only daughter of Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and the granddaughter of a statesman, has been elected president of the Congress party in India. Mrs. Gandhi will be installed into her new office next Sunday, and her job is not expected to be an easy one. The Congress party has been wracked by internal dissension and has been on the verge of collapse. It is hoped that Mrs. Gandhi, who is 41, will breath some new life into the party. Most of the politicians who have been arguing about the future of their party and country are fairly old. Mrs. Gandhi, who is known for her leftist sentiments, is expected to act quickly to put her own mark on party policies. |
| 2/2/1958 | Buhlul Khan Lodi, an Afghan of Lodi tribe, marched down upon Delhi. |
| 10/14/1910 | Further unrest took place in Lhasa, Tibet, following the arrest of Dalai Lama's agent by the Chinese on the Chinese frontier with India. |
| 4/6/1773 | James Mill of Scotland, great philosopher and historian (British India), was born. |
| 2/1/1831 | The first Fine Arts Exhibition by Brush Club was held in a Public Library of Calcutta. |
| 3/13/1989 | The first straw fired thermal power plant was laid in Jakhari village of Punjab. |
| 12/21/1952 | Saifuddin Kitchlu awarded the Lenin Peace Prize of U.S.S.R. Award. He was the first Indian to receive this honour. |
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