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Historical Event on 11/5/1997

Railway ministry doubles compensation amounts from Rs. 2 lakh to Rs.4 lakh to victims of railway accidents and other untoward incidents.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/27/1999Harshad Mehta and three others are convicted for misappropriating surplus funds of the Maruti Udyog Ltd.
11/29/1962Haryana achieved their target of supplying electricity to 100\% villages.
10/31/1990Hindus flee Muslim prorsecution in Kashmir Valley.
3/13/1991President R. Venkataraman dissolves the Lok Sabha.
1/14/1760Eyree Coote, British Army Captain, captured and surrendered Pondicherry, capitulated French General Lally.
9/2/1984Thousands of Sikhs rally at Golden Temple to protest govt. occupation in Amritsar.
12/29/1984Rajiv Gandhi claims for Indian Prime Minister post after his landslide majority in 8th General Elections.
6/27/1967First Indian made AVRO aircraft passenger Plane HS748 handed over to Indian Airlines.
8/18/1891Jain Muni Mishrimalji, poet, social reformer and orator, was born at Pali, Rajasthan.
10/13/1967Vasant Prabhu, famous music director, died.