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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
3/6/1990India wins Indira Gandhi Gold Cup hockey tournament.
9/25/1990Prafull Chandra Sen, former Chief Minister of West Bengal and Gandhian leader, died in Calcutta. He was 94 years old.
8/15/1947Brigadier Thakur Mahadeo Singh was the first Indian Commandant. He was the DSO of Indian Militery Academy.
2/2/1967US President Johnson orders consignment of 2 mil. tons of food grains to be sent to India.
4/13/1948Bhuvaneshwar became the capital of Orissa.
9/24/1932Preetilata Waddedara, the first armed woman revolutionary, was hanged for ""Chatgaon Ammunitions Plot"".
3/16/1966Judge Amal Kumar Sarkar became the Chief Justice of India. He held this office till 29/06/1966.
8/15/1947India gains independence from the British rule and Pakistan emerges as a separate Islamic nation. Around 600,000 die in clashes during the subsequent population exchange of 14 million people between the two new countries.
3/31/1942During the 2nd World War, Japan was heavily successful in Burma and Andaman which posted a danger to the Indian Security.
5/11/1985Fifteen hundred people were arrested in Sikh violence.