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Historical Event on 9/14/1997

Fire and explosions devastate terminals and storage tanks at Visakh Refinery of Hindustan Petroleum Corporation. Toll put at 51.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/27/1997South African President Nelson Mandela arrives in New Delhi on official visit.
9/24/1921Dr. Sakharam Gangadhar Malshe, researcher and critic, was born.
7/27/1998B. B. Lyngdoh is sworn in Meghalaya Chief Minister.
6/7/1998India emerges World Bank's single largest borrower with cumulative loans of 44 billion dollars.
4/9/1756Ali Bardi Khan of Bengal passed away in Murshidabad. His youngest daughter's son Siraj-ud-Daulah was crowned as King of Bengal when he was merely 20 years old after the death of King Tartar.
2/17/1948Gorkha Rifles Battalion Group (INDBATT) unit was re-designated as the 5th Battalion the 8th Gorkha Rifles (the Sirmoor Rifles).
11/22/1971Indian and Pakistan governments protested violations of national airspace along the western border, but aerial conflict between the respective air arms began, preceding full-scale warfare between India and Pakistan by 12 days.
6/25/2000India lifts the Asia Cup sub-junior hockey championship in Kuala Lumpur.
5/23/1993PM arrives in Tashkent.
1/4/1964The First Diesel Engine came out of the Varanasi Diesel Engine Carshed.