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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
1/15/1973Air Chief Marshal Pratap Chandra Lal, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan, DFC. retired as the Air Officer Commanding, India Command.
8/9/1909Vinayak Krishna Gokak, famous Kannad poet, play writer, critic of literature, educationist and Gyanpeeth awardee, was born at Savanur.
1/30/1991Union Government dismisses Karunanidhi government. President's rule imposed in Tamil Nadu.
1/30/1991The first ship of the Dutch East India Company returned from Far East.
1/30/1991Chaitanya Maha Prabhu, vaishnav Sant, passed away. His mortal remains at Puri.(9/7or 29/6).
8/25/1992Veerappa Moily, Karnataka minister, stripped of Education portfolio.
4/12/1621Guru Teg Bahadur Singh, Sikh Guru, was born.
12/30/1974Opening of the fifth Indian Film Festival. It was presided over by Satyajit Ray at New Delhi.
10/15/1899Menka (Lady Lila Sokhi), famous Indian dancer, was born.
3/10/1997Maharashtra government renames Osmanabad as Dharashiva.