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Historical Event on 3/11/1997

Chennai police seize a large quantity of powerful explosives and arrest two Muslim fundamentalists.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/19/1994K. A. P. Vishwanathan, famous Tamil author, passed away.
1/5/1995Jitendra Prasad succeeds N.D. Tiwari as UPCC-I chief.
10/6/1893Meghnad N. Saha, astrophysicist, was born. In 1920, he developed the 'Thermal Ionization Equation', which has remained fundamental in all works on stellar atmospheres. This equation has been widely applied to the interpretation of stellar spectra, which are characteristic of the chemical composition of the light source.
4/5/1940Charles Freer Andrews, a Christian Missionary, died in Calcutta. He is also referred as ""Deenabandhu Andrews"".
11/27/1994D. V. Purohit (Nanasaheb), veteran freedom figher and revolutionary, passed away.
7/31/1995Rishang Keshing,Manipur CM, wins the vote of confidence.
7/29/1980India won Gold Medal in Hockey at Moscow Olympics.
9/27/2000The Union Cabinet decides to increase the number of Padma series of awards for excellence in different fields of activities from 60 to 100.
1/5/199860 are killed as the Bareilly-Varanasi passenger train rammed the Kashi Viswanath Express near Hardoiin, Uttar Pradesh.
11/11/1947Temple of Vithoba in Pandharpur opened for Harijans. Ganpatrao Tapase was the first harijan to enter the temple.