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Historical Event on 12/1/1997

At least 61 persons, including 22 women and 17 children, belonging to SC and extremely backward communities are gunned down by banned private army of feudal landlords, Ranbir Sena, at Bathe-Lakshmanpur village in Bihar's Jehanabad district.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/23/1998Jayaprakash Narayan posthumously awarded Bharat Ratna, the country's biggest honour.
7/11/1997Ten persons were killed as police opened fire on Dalit mob which attacked vehicles in protest against desecration of Ambedkar bust in Ramabai Ambedkar Nagar in north-east Mumbai.
7/6/1927Vyankatesh Dingambar Madgulkar, great Marathi story writer and novelist, was born.
5/27/1906Maharashtra Sahitya Patrika Day.
2/13/1998India signs two agreements with the U.N. Development Fund for a $13.75-million grant for food security and environment support.
5/20/1994K. Brahmananda Reddy, 83, former Andhra Pradesh CM, passed away in Hyderabad.
9/25/1928Madhavrao Gadkari, great litterateur and editor, was born.
11/6/2000Buddhadev Bhattacharya assumes office as West Bengal Chief Minister.
4/8/1919Gandhiji arrested on way to Delhi for refusal to comply with order not to enter Punjab; escorted back to Bombay; outbreaks of violence in several towns.
10/21/1950China invades Tibet.