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Historical Event on 5/6/1997

12 persons killed and eight seriously injured in two blasts in east Delhi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/25/1999The curtains came down on the fifth National Games. Manipur won the overall championship while swimmers Nisha Millet of Karnataka and Sebastian Xavier of Kerala were adjudged the best sportswoman and sportsman respectively.
6/2/1990Sri Ram Sharma Acharya passed away. (27-6-91).
5/8/1995Prem Bhatia, journalist, passed away at 83.
3/9/1996India wins India-Pakistan World Cup Quater Final cricket match in Bangalore (Wills World Cup). This was the last international match played by Javed Miandad.
5/8/1994Harikant Jethwani, famous Sindhi litterateur, passed away.
2/17/1994Gopikrishna, internationaly famed 'Kathtak' exponent, died at the age of 61 years.
6/13/1999The Indian army secures the strategic Tololing peak in the Dras sector.
12/8/1980Soviet President Leonid Brezhnev visits New Delhi.
4/13/1984India beat Pak by 58 runs to win the first Cricket Asia Cup in Sharjah.
2/3/1977Government relaxes rules of Emergency to permit normal political activity and electioneering.