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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
7/5/1857Baigum Hazrat Mahal again attack on Lucknow.
2/28/1985M.G. Katre became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 31/10/89).
4/20/2000A full bench of the Madras High Court quashes the Tamil Nadu Government order making Tamil (or mother tongue) as the compulsory medium of instruction in all schools in the State up to Standard V.
9/23/1980Indira Gandhi gains power to imprison without trial.
4/23/1930Riots break out in Peshawar; 20 Indians shot down after killing of three Britishers.
6/20/1993Harshad Mehta's senior counsel Ram Jethmalani asks JPC to summon the PM and allow cross-examination.
2/6/1996Supreme Court upholds election of CPI (M) leader O. Bharathan to Kerala Assembly from Edakkad (91).
2/9/1993Silver prices crash as the govt allows passengers to import upto 100 k and reduces customs duty on 35 baggage items from 255 to 150 \%.
2/25/1920Balraj Madhok was born.
3/3/1707Shehejade Muajjam declared himself as the successor of Aurangzeb and renamed himself Bahadurshah First.