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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
6/17/1674Jijabai, mother of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, died.
7/19/1974Udham Singh's, revolutionary, ashes brought to Delhi from London.
11/8/1965British Indian Ocean Territory formed.
9/11/1824Shivling Surge died at Alpayu.
9/27/2000Gurucharan Singh goes down fighting to Andri Fedtchouk of Ukraine in the 81 Kg bout of the Olympics boxing.
12/17/2000The 13-day nationwide postal strike called off.
10/2/1997At least 50 Pakistan soldiers were killed and several injured in a retaliatory firing by Indian troops in Nowgam, Uri and Kupwara sectors. Firing had been intermittent along LoC.
1/15/1997Pakistan's pilotless surveillance aircraft intrudes into Indian air space for the first time.
10/6/1779Elphinston, historian and administrator of Mumbai province, was born.
2/15/1992Kesri Publications started the first Indian newspaper in `Brail' lipi (language).