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Historical Event on 8/9/1997
Sonia Gandhi addresses Congress plenary session at Calcutta.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/8/1985 | India files suit against Union Carbide in New York for Bhopal gas disaster. |
| 10/11/1991 | Meghalaya placed under President's rule. |
| 3/9/1951 | Ustad Zakir Hussain, famous Tabla player, was born. |
| 9/10/1976 | An Indian Airlines Boeing 737 aeroplane was hijacked for the second time and taken to Lahore, Pakistan. |
| 8/12/1966 | Mihir Sen swam Dadenelis. |
| 4/17/1990 | Gas explodes on passenger train in Kumrahar, India killing 80 people. |
| 8/8/1948 | Dr. Yellapragada Subbarow, saintly scientist and nobel prize winner, passed away at Pearl River, New York. |
| 1/20/1997 | Indian Express launches its 18th edition from Belgaum. |
| 7/4/1994 | Labhuben Mehta, famous Gujrathi author, died. |
| 8/21/1978 | Vinoo Mankad, cricketer, died. He played 44 tests for India and had 2109 runs and took 162 wickets. |
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