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Historical Event on 12/9/1997

Dr. K. Shivarama Karanth (95), doyen of Kannada literature and Jnanpith Award winner, died in Manipal.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/24/1957Kagaz Ke Phool, the first Indian black and white cinemascope film, was made.
8/26/1984An Indian Airlines Boeing with 68 passengers and a crew of six hijacked to Lahore. The 12 Sikh hijackers then surrendered to the authorities in the U.A.E and released all the passengers.
7/18/1996Union Finance Ministry gives final clearance to the Enron power project in terms of issuance of counter-guarantee.
1/23/199750,000 miners in Orissa lose jobs as 57 mines are closed down.
6/11/1999India provided incontrovertible tape evidence of Pakistan's involvement in the Kargil sector. The Indian army killed 23 intruders in the Batalik and Dras sectors but lost 15 of its men.
4/4/1996Supreme Court rules that political parties without audited accounts cannot take advantage of an election law that exempts tax expenditure on candidates.
2/8/1912Girishchandra Ghosh, famous Bengali actor and dramatist, passed away.
8/17/1848Romesh Chunder Dutt, great political leader, writer and social worker, was born.
10/4/1999Rest of India won the Zal Irani Trophy in Bangalore.
4/27/1854First telegram was sent between Mumbai and Pune.