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Historical Event on 9/8/1991
Hostage ONGC engineer T.S. Raju and mediator Bipul Mahanta, an Amnesty International member, killed by ULFA in Assam.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/23/1908 | Durga Das, famous social reformer and journalist, was born. |
| 1/12/1993 | Police firing at 15 places in Bombay; four foreign militants arrested. |
| 10/24/1934 | Arvindrao Laxmanrao Apte, cricketer (brother of Madhav scored 8 & 7 runs in one Test), was born in Bombay. |
| 4/22/1998 | India and Bangladesh resolve to work together to ''root out terrorism'', push bilateral trade and harness river waters of the region. |
| 8/9/1966 | Heroes of the 1942 movement were honoured at a rally in Red Fort. |
| 8/18/1896 | Raghupati Sahay ""Firaq Gorakhpuri"", revolutionary Urdu poet, was born. He was honoured with the highest literary awards, including the Sahitya Academy Award in 1960 and Bharatiya Gyanpeeth Award in 1969. His notable works include ""Ruh-e-Kayenaat (Spirit of Universe, 1945)"" and ""Ramz-O-Kinayaat (Suggestion, 1946)"". |
| 7/1/1928 | Fifteen people were killed in Calcutta as Hindus attacked Muslims. |
| 1/14/1990 | India and Maldives scrap visas. |
| 12/1/1982 | Pakistan beats India to win hockey gold in the Asian Games. |
| 10/18/1995 | Punjab CM Harcharan Singh Brar inducts All India Youth Congress President Maninderjit Singh Bitta in to the cabinet. |
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