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Historical Event on 9/14/1997

78 persons die and around 250 are injured as four bogies of Ahmedabad-Howrah Express de-rail while crossing a bridge on Hasdeo river near Champa Railway Station in Bilaspur district, Madhya Pradesh.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/21/1914Ujwala Mazumdar, freedom fighter and member of Bengal Valunteers, was born at Dhaka.
8/7/1980Mother Teresa visits the poor in Bronx at New York.
5/30/1952S.C.Mathur was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 01-07-1955.
1/31/1960Milkha Singh at Lahore sets record for 200m in 20.7s.
5/19/1980T. N. Raina, former General of India, passed away.
5/28/1925Awadh Kishore Narain, educationist, was born.
10/4/1974India in apartheid protest refuses to play South Africa in Davis Cup finals.
1/3/1912Shantiprasad Jain, famous industrialist, was born.
11/28/1890Mahatma Jyotirao Govindrao Phule died. He led a selfless life devoted to the upliftment of the lower classes of the Hindu society. He also started school for girls and for downtroddens and untouchables. He was assissted in education field by his wide Savitri Bai.
11/7/1974South Africa beats India in Women's Open in 63rd Tennis Davis Cup.