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Historical Event on 7/8/1997

33 persons killed and 67 injured as blast rips through part of Ambala-bound train at Lehra Khana station in Bhatinda district, Punjab.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/10/1971Kochin University was established in Kerala.
8/3/1939Apoorva Kumar Sengupta, cricketer (1959 Test - India vs WI, without distinction), was born in Lucknow.
12/6/199813th Asian Games inaugurated at Bangkok.
1/18/1913Gandhiji refers in ''Indian Opinion'' the possibility of return home to India by mid-year.
9/3/1983U.S. Census reports world population at 4.72 billion. China has 1.05 billion and India 731 million.
6/29/1998Government decides to grant full statehood for Delhi and create three new States namely Uttaranchal, Vananchal and Chattisgarh.
10/23/1883Mirza Mohammad Ismile, Diwan of Mysore and Prime Minister of Hydrabad and Jaipur, was born.
6/12/1960783 Sikhs are arrested while demonstrating for an independent Sikh state in New Delhi.
12/12/1989Air Chief Marshal (retd.) Arjan Singh named Delhi Lt. Governor.
3/3/1939Motganhalli Laxmanarsu Jaisi alais Jaisimha, cricketer (Indian batsman of the sixties), was born in Secundrabad.