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Historical Event on 8/9/1997
Sonia Gandhi addresses Congress plenary session at Calcutta.
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| 4/5/1993 | The Left and Democratic Front earns two third majority at the Tripura Assembly elections. |
| 10/16/1952 | Pakistan's first Test vs India starts at Delhi. |
| 12/7/1992 | Religious riots swept across India in the wake of the destruction of the ancient Babri Masjid mosque by rampaging Hindu fanatics in the northern Indian town of Ayodhya yesterday. More than 800 people had been killed and hundreds injured as Muslim and Hindu mobs stabbed, shooted and beat each other. The violence had thrown the government into chaos and had spilled into the neighboring states of Pakistan and Bangladesh. The army had been called out to restore order in Bombay, where street battles left 41 dead. The stock market had been closed down and Parliament forced to adjourn. Advani quit as the leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha. |
| 1/18/2000 | India and the US resume talks to narrow their differences on the CTBT. |
| 4/23/1992 | Satyajit Ray, internationally famous Indian film producer-director, Bharat Ratna Awardee, passed away at the age of 70. |
| 6/22/1993 | The centre bans the use of 12 pesticides. |
| 1/22/1666 | Shahjahan (Sjihab Al-Din Sultan C Shah D Jahan), great Mughal emperor, died at the Agra fort as a prisoner, to rest besides Mumtaz in Taj Mahal. Jahanara arranged that Sahjahan be laid. |
| 5/20/1900 | Sumitranandan Pant was born. |
| 10/11/1993 | CBI files chargesheet against stock-broker Hiten Dalal and 3 others for defrauding Canbank Mutual Fund over Rs.102 crore. |
| 5/18/1999 | R. B. Sapre, India's first national chess champion, died in Mumbai. |
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