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Historical Event on 6/9/1997
At least 50 persons were killed and 5,000 families affected in a landslide triggered by heavy rains in Gangktok.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/7/1996 | Ajit Singh quits Congress and heads Tikait's party. |
| 1/15/1958 | Tamil becomes the official language of Madras. |
| 4/24/1996 | BSE index reaches 3869.87, a new 18-month high. |
| 3/28/1963 | First meeting of the National Aeronautical Laboratory Executive Council held under the chairmanship of J R D Tata. |
| 3/13/1992 | Indumati Ramkrishna Shevde, famous writer, critic and painter, passed away. |
| 3/21/1937 | Muhammad Jaffer, great Indian Hockey player, was born. |
| 7/3/1996 | 25 to 30\% hike in prices of petroleum products. |
| 1/21/1978 | Nilmoni Phukan, greatest social reformer, prolific writer, poet, editor of 'Dainik Batori', journalist and lawyer, passed away. He participated in the Quit India Movement for which he was arrested. |
| 6/11/1997 | BSE sensitive index reaches 3927. |
| 1/17/1993 | LTTE commander Sadasivan Krishnakumar alias Kittu was killed in a ship blaze off Madras coast. |
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