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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
8/14/1947Sir Harilal Jekisundas Kania was appinted as the Chief Justice of India. He was in this office till 05/11/1951.
4/2/1970Meghalaya, an autonomous hilly state, was established after dividing the hilly areas of Assam.
9/22/1999India asks Pakistan to prevent the reported attempt by the JKLF to cross the Line of Control (LOC) on October 4.
11/8/1960Subroto Mukherjee died while having dinner in Tokyo, where he had gone with the Air India International Airlines which made its first inaugural flight to the city of Tokyo, Japan.
12/29/19578,000 ton cruiser INS Mysore commissioned.
2/13/1998India signs two agreements with the U.N. Development Fund for a $13.75-million grant for food security and environment support.
7/23/1898Tarashankar Bandopadhyay, well known Bangla novelist, was born.
2/15/1993India regains ""Rubber"" after 6 years by beating England by an innings and 70 runs at Madras.
1/3/1880Publication of 'Illustrated Weekly of India' started.
12/8/1911Gaandhiji invites Gokhale to South Africa.