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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 |
| 3/14/1997 | Veerendra Patil, 73, twice former Chief Minister of Karnataka, passed away. |
| 11/20/1760 | Phattesingh Bhosle passed away. |
| 6/13/1966 | 60 people were killed in a collision between two suburban trains of Bombay. |
| 4/3/1988 | Rajiv Gandhi seals the border between Punjab and Pakistan. |
| 2/9/1991 | India holds the last decennial census of the century. |
| 5/2/1926 | Hindu women gain right to seek elected office. |
| 4/22/1812 | Dalhousie, governor general of India, was born. |
| 10/9/1947 | P. C. Joshi, General Secretary, Communist Party of India (CPI), appealed to all LEFT parties to rally around Nehru to fight for peace. |
| 9/7/1968 | Benipuri Sharma, famous Hindi novelist, died. |
| 10/15/1996 | Kerala CM Nayanar says Governors are not necessary in states. |
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