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Historical Event on 12/6/1997

Nine persons killed and over 60 injured in bomb blasts in three trains which left Chennai. Blasts occurred in Tiruchi, Erode (Tamil Nadu) and Trissur in Kerala.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/30/1919Rabindranath Tagore returned back the honour as a protest against the Jallianwala Bagh massacre.
11/6/2000Buddhadev Bhattacharya assumes office as West Bengal Chief Minister.
12/29/1989Prasar Bharati Bill and Lok Pal Bill introduced in Lok Sabha.
11/27/1976Gajanan Tryambak Madkholkar, famous journalist, novelist and critic, passed away.
8/29/2000Supreme Court releases of 115 'Veerappan aides' on bail or otherwise till further orders.
2/21/1993Naxals free Andhra Pradesh Congress (I) MLA P.Balaraju and a govt. official after 22 days in captivity.
12/1/1993Tata Steel's Amit Bhaduria win's India's first gold medal in the 10th Asian Track and Field meet in Manila in discus throw.
6/9/1992Rajesh Khanna (Congress-I) defeats Shatrughan Sinha to wrest the New Delhi Lok Sabha seat from the BJP.
10/1/1854Postal stamp introduced in India. These lithographed stamps were of denominations of half anna and one anna. These stamps bore the Head of Queen Victoria with India at top and value at bottom. The half anna stamp was printed between May 5 to July 29 and printing of one anna stamp commenced on July 26.
6/6/1890Gopinath Bardoloi, architect of modern Assam, freedom fighter and leader, was born.