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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 |
| 12/31/1861 | Cherrapunji in Assam received rainfall of 22,990 mm in 1861. This was a world record in itself as no other country or place had received rains to such an extent. |
| 12/15/1957 | 60 Harijans enter the Vishwanath Temple at Varanasi. |
| 2/1/1929 | Jyotirbhaskaracharya Jayant Salgaonkar was born. |
| 3/3/1931 | Gandhi and Viceroy Irwin sign Delhi Pact giving Indians right to make salt if civil disobedience stops. |
| 5/17/1999 | Sonia Gandhi resigns as Congress president but the CWC(I) rejects it. |
| 9/21/1862 | Venkat Apparao Gurjad, famous Telegu poet, playwright, story writer, critic and social reformer, was born. |
| 2/17/1998 | Re-poll is ordered in 599 polling stations spread over nine states, following reports of largescale booth capturing. The Election Commission is to probe malpractices in Madhepura, Baghpat and Patna. |
| 5/18/1872 | Bertrand Russell, great philosopher, mathematician, author and Chairmain of the Indian League, was born. |
| 3/16/1945 | Ganesh Damodar Savarkar, who was a revolutionary and brother of Swatantriya Veer Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, passed away. |
| 1/21/1999 | Bal Thackeray, Shiv Sena chief, suspends his party's protest against the coming India-Pakistan cricket matches after an urgent meeting with the Union Home Minister in Mumbai. |
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