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Historical Event on 9/13/1997

Grieving India lays to rest Mother Teresa in state funeral in Calcutta in which pomp and splendour is combined with religious rites.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/24/1966Bombay-New York Air India flight crashes into Mont Blanc (Switz), 117 die.
1/25/1988Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Dr. Marudu Gopalan Ramachandran, MGR (Posthumous) (1917-1987).
2/8/1936Manohar Shankar Hardikar, cricketer (batted in 2 Tests India vs West Indies in 1958-59), was born in Baroda.
2/18/1993Congress (I) secures absolute majority in Nagaland and emerges as the single largest party in Meghalaya.
11/3/1997American Consulate General in Chennai starts issuing visitor's visa with 10-year validity.
8/1/1963Soviets offer India arms to block China.
4/24/1996Indian Express launches Vizag (17th) edition.
7/21/1911Umashankar Jethalal Joshi, famous Gujarati poet, Hindi writer and educationist, was born at Bamna in Gujarat.
8/1/1962Establishment of Maharashtra State Industrial Development Corporation.
12/16/1952Sri Ramalu Potiu sacrificed his life for the demand of seperate Andhra Pradesh state for the Telugu- speaking people.