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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 |
| 10/4/1997 | Two top executives of Turkish firm 'Karsan', accused in Rs. 133 crore urea import scam case, were remanded to police custody. |
| 10/26/1950 | Tirumalai Echambadi Srinivasan, cricketer (Indian opening batsman 1981), was born in Madras. |
| 1/18/1950 | India is declared a secular republic. Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru (1947-1964) is determined to abolish casteism and industrialize the nation. Constitution makes Hindi official national language, English to continue for 15 years, 14 major state languages are recognized. India also moved a motion for no war treaty between India and Pakistan to improve the relations with neighboring countries. |
| 6/1/1938 | Continental Publication' started. |
| 7/1/1941 | C. Y. Chintamani died. |
| 1/4/1995 | IAF batch (Angel of Mercy) returns from Somalia after 16 months of stay and 700 sorties. |
| 11/6/1985 | Sanjeev Kumar, film actor, died. |
| 3/11/1903 | Shrinagesh M. M, former General, was born. |
| 9/19/1937 | Vishnu Narayan Matkhande passed away. |
| 2/3/1998 | The BJP releases its election manifesto promising to make India a nuclear state; build a Ram temple at Ayodha and work for a uniform civil code. |
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