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Historical Event on 5/9/1997

At least 71 persons were killed and nine injured when a truck carrying a marriage party plunges into gorge near Gasota in Hamerpur district of Himachal Pradesh.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/9/1968Olympic Games open in Mexico City.
8/21/1995Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, noted physics scientist, died at the age of 84. He was one of the world's leading astro-physicists for his contributions to the study of stars. Chandrasekhar had received the highest award in Science--the Noble Prize in Physics in 1983.
1/20/1957South Africa banned Indian Cargo ships to dock at their Ports.
2/6/1992The Centre decides to wind up the 7-year-old Food Processing Industry ministry.
2/6/1992Battle of Krisna was fought between two villages Rakshasi and Tangadi.
3/1/1905Karmaveer Bhausaheb Hire was born.
1/15/1977Rashid Ahmed Siddiqui, modern Urdu writer, passed away.
1/12/1924Gandhiji was operated on for appendicitis in Sassoon Hospital, Pune.
10/18/1996Vigyan Bhawan in Delhi to be the venue for the trial of former PM Rao.
9/30/1997Gen. V. P. Malik takes over from Gen. Shankar Roychowdhury as Chief of Army Staff.