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Historical Event on 8/9/1997
Sonia Gandhi addresses Congress plenary session at Calcutta.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/11/1921 | Snehlata, social reformer and politician, was born at Mathura, U.P. |
| 5/27/1995 | National Centre for Labour launched in Bangalore to give a boost to the unorganised worker's movement in India. |
| 7/30/1996 | Delhi High Court rejects Narasimha Rao's petition seeking quashing of 09 order of chief metropolitan magistrate summoning him to appear as co-accused in the $ 100,000 Lakhubhai cheating case. |
| 3/15/1920 | Ranganandhan Francis, field hockey (Olympic-gold-1948, 52, 56), was born. |
| 11/19/1924 | Amarjit Singh, great educationist and scientist, was born at Punjab. |
| 2/1/1942 | No. 4 Squadron of the IAF was born in the war at Peshawar. The Squadron was first equipped with Lysander aircraft. The Second World War was in its third year and Japanese forces were advancing towards India's eastern frontiers. |
| 11/3/1984 | 3,000 die in a three-day anti-Sikh riotsin India. |
| 11/20/1955 | Polly Umrigar scores India's first Test double century, 223 vs NZ. |
| 4/2/1980 | Raj Narain expelled from Lok Dal forms Janata (S) Party. |
| 4/10/1880 | C.Y. Chintamani, renowned journalist, was born. |
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