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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 |
| 10/15/1946 | Victor Banerjee, actor (A Passage to India), was born in Calcutta, India. |
| 7/21/1977 | K.S. Hegde elected Lok Sabha Speaker. |
| 2/25/1982 | J. K. Irani, cricket wicketkeeper (2 Tests for India 1947-48), passed away. |
| 10/21/1916 | Dinkarrai Dhirajlal Desai, cricket Test Umpire for 3 tests from 1955-57, was born in Gujarat. |
| 11/12/2000 | Huge voter turnout for Congress Presidential poll. Seven top BSF and IAF officials die after their MI8 helicopter crashes near Lakhpat in the Rann of Kutch in Gujarat. |
| 4/13/1993 | Lalitadevi Shastri passed away. |
| 9/27/1974 | Pankaj Dharmani, Indian ODI batsman (1997), was born. |
| 9/6/1990 | Prasar Bharti' bill passed in Parliament. |
| 2/26/1901 | The notes of Rs twenty denomination were issued with two issuing circles. These notes had four numeric denominations. |
| 12/11/1993 | Shankar Dayal Sharma, President, inaugurates the extended new wing of Nagpur Vidhan Bhavan. |
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