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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
2/28/1950The Finance Minister announces the setting up of the Planning Commission with Nehru and Nanda as Chairman and Deputy Chairman respectively.
9/6/1965Full scale warfare broke out all along the international border between West Pakistan and India. Pakistani troops advanced towards the Indian town of Akhnur in Kashmir and Pakistani paratroopers raided Punjab.
9/10/2000Marat Safin wins the men's singles in the US open championship.
12/28/1952Arun Jaitley, son of Maharaj Kishan Jaitley, was born in New Delhi.
11/1/1932Anadi Sankar Gupta, great educationist, was born at Goila, Bangladesh.
7/24/1998India signs a deal with Russia for purchasing the aircraft-carrier.
12/12/1921Gandhi organizes a complete boycott of Prince of Wales's visit to Allahabad.
9/29/2000The Appellate Authority of the Industrial and Financial Reconstruction stays the order of the BIFR permitting winding up of Bharat Gold Mines Limited, KGF, Karnataka.
5/25/1996Kathapurushan' wins best film national award.
11/25/1998Prof. K. S. Hegde (75), former Vice-Chancellor of Mysore University and educationist, dies in New Delhi. He was selected by the Government of India for overseas scholarship for post graduate studies and higher technical training abroad during the pre-independence era.