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Historical Event on 7/11/1997

Ten 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.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/22/1992India launches its 'Agni' rocket.
9/17/1864Anagrik Dharmapal, religious reformer, was born.
5/23/1947The U.K. Cabinet today took the historic step of agreeing to Lord Mountbatten's proposal for the partition of India into two states, one Muslim and the other Hindu. The Viceroy is to have a series of talks with Lord Listowel, the Secretary for India.
3/30/1949New Union of Greater Rajasthan was ceremonially inaugurated by Patel when the existing Union of Rajasthan was joined by four premier states of Bikaner, Jaipur, Jodhpur and Jaisalmer. Hiralal Shastri became its first Chief Minister.
12/26/1831Hennry Louis Vivian Derozio passed away.
11/24/1899Pandit Hiralal Shastri, great social worker, leader and first chief minister of Rajasthan state, was born at Jobner, Jaipur District.
8/28/1972General Insurance Business was nationalised.
9/7/1965U.S. suspends military aid to India and Pakistan.
11/6/1946P. S. Shivswami Iyyer, great politician and administrator, passed away.
9/16/1916D. R. Samant, journalist and social reformer, was born at Ratnagiri, Maharashtra.