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Historical Event on 5/9/1997
At least 71 persons were killed and nine injured when a truck carrying a marriage party plunges into gorge near Gasota in Hamerpur district of Himachal Pradesh.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/30/1997 | Joginder Singh, CBI Director, was given marching orders bringing his 11-month-old controversial tenure to sudden end. R. C. Sharma, Special Director, took over. |
| 4/6/1934 | Nilkanth Yashwant Khadilkar, editor of Marathi daily newspaper, was born. |
| 3/9/1996 | Chaudhary Randhir Singh appointed Governor of Sikkim. |
| 12/23/1995 | 400 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. |
| 1/10/1963 | Gold Control Measures Plan was started by the Government of India. |
| 10/16/1959 | National Council of Women's Education was inaugurated in New Delhi. |
| 11/20/1955 | Polly Umrigar scores India's first Test double century, 223 vs NZ. |
| 1/24/1966 | Dr. Homi Jahangir Bhabha, chairmain of Atomic Research Institute, passed away near Geneva when Air India Boeing 707 crashed in accident at Alps Hills, Mont Blanc in Switzerland killing all the 117 persons on board. |
| 8/1/1996 | Madhu Dandavate is made Dy. Chairman, Planning Commission. |
| 6/16/1998 | Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh Prime Minister, meets her Indian couterpart A B Vajpayee in New Delhi. |
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