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Historical Event on 8/9/1997

Sonia Gandhi addresses Congress plenary session at Calcutta.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/25/1999The Prime Minister declares the Centre will take all possible steps to push back infiltrators in Kargil.
3/19/1998BJP-led coalition government is sworn in. Atal Behari Vajpayee became the second time Prime Minister of India.
8/26/1996Supreme Court asks Harshad Mehta to pay Rs. 217 crore to the Income Tax department.
5/11/1987President's rule imposed in Punjab.
10/21/1858Ramabai Dongre Medhavi, great social reformer, was born.
10/11/1941Amitabh Bachchan, famous film actor, was born.
3/25/19911991 census report released; India has 844 million people.
11/25/1998Prof. K. S. Hegde (75), former Vice-Chancellor of Mysore University and educationist, dies in New Delhi. He was selected by the Government of India for overseas scholarship for post graduate studies and higher technical training abroad during the pre-independence era.
5/12/1987Britain's HMS Hermes becomes Indian Navy's second aircraft carrier named INS Viraat.
3/8/1930Mahatma Gandhi started civil disobedience movement continues in India.