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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 |
| 1/20/1957 | First Indian Atomic Reactor ""Apsara"" at Trombay, Mumbai, was dedicated to the nation. |
| 5/3/1969 | Shri Varahagiri Venkatagiri (1884-1980) became the acting President of India. |
| 6/9/1834 | Dr. William Carey, great writer and social worker, died. |
| 6/21/1999 | Leander Paes was seeded number one in double's ranking. This was his highest double ranking. |
| 2/18/1918 | Gopal Krishna Adig, modern Kannad poet, was born. |
| 3/23/1982 | Annasaheb Patil, father of Maratha Mahasangh, passed away. |
| 7/4/2000 | Volvo's Environmental Prize went to Prof. Amulya K. N. Reddy of India and three others for their work on ''How the world's energy resources can be made to suffice as the population grows''. |
| 12/17/1877 | Feroz Shah died at Makka, Saudi. |
| 2/13/1969 | Subroto Tara Banerjee, cricketer (Indian quickie & Dennis Lillee protegee), was born in Patna. |
| 5/26/1998 | Prof. Jagdish Bhagwati, economist, was awarded the 1998 Freedom Prize of the Max Schmidmeiny Foundation. |
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