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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 |
| 4/15/1948 | Indian territory of Himachal Pradesh was created by the merger of some 30 small ruling states. |
| 4/10/1982 | Mahatma Gandhi Road Bridge at Patna started by Indira Gandhi. |
| 10/25/1932 | Pearless' investment company was established. |
| 8/18/1911 | Adityanath Jha, former Governor of Delhi, was born. |
| 10/4/1992 | D. M. Sutar, freedom fighter and senior journalist, died. |
| 2/13/1994 | Yashwant Narsingh Kelkar, senior historian and journalist in Maharashtra, passed away. |
| 1/14/1994 | Marathwada University renamed as Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University. |
| 6/6/1996 | Benazir Bhutto,Pakistan PM, gives green signal for opening up trade with India. |
| 12/17/1933 | Lala Amarnath scores a century (118) in his Test Cricket debut. |
| 4/6/1897 | Gandhiji submits long memorial to Chamberlain, Secretary of State for Colonies, regarding landing incidents background. Carries on programme of petitioning local and Imperial authorities, as well as of communicating with British and Indian public men regarding discriminatory laws. |
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