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Historical Event on 2/11/1997

India and Russia agree on a package of trade and economic cooperation measures, following Foreign Minister I K Gujral's discussions in Moscow.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/1/1932Indian Milatary Academy became functional with Brigadier LP Collins, DSO, OBE as the Commandant. The first course of 40 GCs had on its rolls Sam Manekshaw, Smith Dun and Mohd Musa, later to be Chiefs of the armies of their respective countries, i.e. India, Burma (now Myanmar) and Pakistan. This training was for a period of two and a half years.
12/23/1995400 people, mostly children and their parents, die in a fire that broke out during the Annual Day celebrations of DAV Public School. The fire was suspected to be caused due to electric short-circuit in Mandi Dabwali, Haryana.
1/1/1874The first women magazine ""Bola Bodhini"" was published.
10/9/1992Sukha and Jinda, assassins of former army chief Gen. A. S. Vaidya, hanged in Pune jail.
3/26/1992Accord with Bangladesh on Tin Bigha.
7/13/1999Floods claim 15 more lives in Bihar.
10/9/1963Saifuddin Azizuddin Kitchlew, freedom fighter, President of Punjab and the first Indian to win the Lenin Award for International Peace, died.
5/25/1933All young Hindus aged between 12 and 25 years were forced to carry identity cards to prevent spread of terrorism.
5/11/1930Ganesh Narayan R, great Industrialist, was born.
4/6/1968Indira Gandhi,PM, inaugurated the construction of Bokaro Steel Plant.