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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
1/1/1948Orissa High Court was established at Cuttack for Orissa territory.
12/10/1990Dr. L. P. Barbosa, Goa CM, resigns following withdrawal of support by Maharashta Gomantak Party.
7/2/1972Shimla Treaty' was singed between Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and her Pakistani counterpart Zulfikar Ali Bhutto.
9/28/1991Shankar Guha Niyogi, an active trade union leader of Madhya Pradesh, was shot dead by unknown assailants.
7/22/1918During the First World War, India's first fighter pilot Indra Lal Rai's plane was shot down in battle by Germans planes near London. Rai had fought for Britisher's Force.
2/16/1942The third IAF unit to operate the Lysander was No.4 Squadron, formed with four aircraft on 16 February 1942. This squadron was to continue to operate the Westland aircraft until it too was re-equipped with the Hurricane in June 1943.
8/21/1991Gopinath Mahant, famous Odissi litterateur and Gyanpeeth awardee, died.
12/16/1994Pratap Singh Rane of Congress (I) takes oath of office.
3/28/1991IAF men die in an air crash in Bangalore.
5/25/1915Mahatma Gandhi established Sabarmati Ashram near Ahmedabad.