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Historical Event on 10/9/1997

Forest brigand Veerappan kidnapped 21 persons and later released 13 tourists. He detained six people --Dr. Mythi of Indian Institute of Horticulture Research Centre, Bangalore, two drivers, pumpset attender and two photographers.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/11/1906Chetput Ramaswami Pattabhi Raman, politician and social worker, was born at Madras.
8/23/2000India, Japan unveil new global partnership and agree to start a formal security dialogue. Sanctions status quo on CTBT.
2/13/1968Atal Bihari Vajpayee elected President of the All India Jan Sangha.
3/21/2000The 10,000 bond scheme for short-term visitors to the UK will not be applied to India, Pakistan and Bangladesh, said British Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Keith Vaz.
10/17/1906Swami Ramtirtha, great social reformer and poet, died at the age of 33.
7/9/1996A Delhi court summoned former Prime Minister Narsimha Rao to face trial as an accused in the Lakhubhai Pathak cheating case in which godman Chandraswami was already facing trial.
11/15/1830Ram Mohun Roy sailed for England. He was the first Indian Brahmin (then 'Brahmo') to go to England.
5/10/1957Dr. Rajendra Prasad elected President of India for a second term.
6/15/1659Aurangzeb declared as the Emperor at Delhi.
3/14/1995Keshubai Patel (Gujarat), J.B. Patnaik (Orissa) and Manohar Joshi, the 12th (Maharashtra) CMs, elected.