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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 |
| 6/20/1995 | B.R. Verma was made pro-tem Speaker by Governor by invoking Article 180 (1). |
| 1/27/1926 | Arunkumar Vaidya, former General of Indian Army, was born. |
| 3/4/1994 | Lech Walesa, Polish President, visit India. |
| 9/12/1898 | Baldev Prasad Mishra, Hindi litterateur, was born. |
| 4/1/1941 | Ajit Laxman Wadekar, cricketer (stalwart Indian batsman & capt and Team Manager), was born in Bombay. He has received the Arjun Award (1967) and Padmashree (1972). |
| 12/30/1879 | Shri Ramana Maharshi (1879-1950), modern Hindu Advaita renaissance saint of Maharshi Research Institute, philosopher and yogi, was born in Tiruchuzhi near Madurai in Tamil Nadu. |
| 11/7/1966 | Riots over slaughtered cow claims seven lives. |
| 12/20/1993 | India and Council of European Union sign a co-operation agreement in Brussels. |
| 9/19/1937 | Vishnu Narayan Matkhande passed away. |
| 1/5/1994 | Jnanpith Award for Oriya Poet Sitakant Mahapatra. |
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