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Historical Event on 2/11/1997

A New Delhi district consumer court holds that provision of drinking water aboard trains is a necessity and it is the duty of the railways to provide it to passengers in reserved compartments.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/24/1981Bombay beat Delhi by an innings and 46 runs to win the Ranji Trophy.
10/1/1919Gajanan Digambar Madgulkar, famous Marathi poet and screenplay writer, was born.
2/5/1991The last of 1.2 lakh Indians in Kuwait manage to return to India.
10/20/1992Nirad C. Chauduri, 94, the Indian writer living in Oxford, made honorary Commander of the British Empire.
2/20/1968First Edition of 'Amrit Bazar Patrika' weekly was published in Bengali language.
3/29/1989Central Institute of Fisheries Education gets the distinction of becoming the first Fisheries University in India.
1/2/2000Sarat Chandra Chatterjee, author of timeless classics 'Charitraheen' and 'Grihadaha', chosen novelist of the century in an online poll conducted by a literary magazine.
9/21/1996Apang (Legislative Party leader of Arunachal Congress) sworn in as Arunachal Pradesh chief minister again.
2/8/1948Indian govt. bans Muslim groups 'Khaksars' and 'League National Guard'.
4/16/1848Kandukuri Veeresalingam, Telegu author and social reformer, was born in Andhra Pradesh.