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Historical Event on 8/11/1997

Hundreds travelling by Delhi-bound Rajdhani Express from Guwahati have miraculous escape as improvised explosive device planted by suspected Bodo extremists explodes on track near Guwahati.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/16/1969Morarji Desai resigns from cabinet.
7/7/196294 people died in an Italian DC-8 air crash near Bombay.
3/31/1993J.N. Dixit, Foreign Secretary, visits Myanmar and signs agreements on trade, control of drug trafficking and separatist movements along the borders.
11/8/1927Lal Krishna Adwani was born in Karachi (now in Pakistan).
10/18/1995President's Rule imposed in UP and the State Assembly put in suspended animation.
3/16/1998Sonia Gandhi is elected chairperson of the Congress(I) Parliamentary Party.
10/29/1971Cyclone and tidal waves struck Orissa state claiming 10,000 lives.
10/30/1994Swaran Singh, 87, former External Affairs minister, died.
1/6/1997Sumita Ghosh (CISF) sets a National junior women's record in the standard rifle 3 position in National shooting.
8/1/1952Nationalised Airways at Safdarjung, New Delhi inaugurated by Nehru.