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Historical Event on 8/9/1997

Sonia Gandhi addresses Congress plenary session at Calcutta.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/5/1906Initials of the place of issuance of notes were started to be printed instead of Issuing Circle's name.
6/23/2000Indian journalist Palagummi Sainath gets Amnesty International Global award for human rights journalism..
4/4/1942Japanese Navy destroyed 3 British battleship to sink in the Bay of Bengal during the Second World War.
12/28/1883Under the leadership of Surendra Nath Banerji, the political group of Bengal organised National Conference as ""Bharat Sabha"".
3/2/2000Om Prakash Chautala, Indian National Lok Dal supremo, sworn in the 18th Chief Minister of Haryana.
8/2/1763British troops once again defeated Mir Kasim in 'Giriya' battle.
7/3/1998Kavi Pradeep, Hindi film lyricist, is selected for the 1997 Dada Saheb Phalke award.
5/20/1776Malharrao Holkar, founder of Indoor, passed away.
7/3/1838Mama Parmanand, one of the founders of `Prarthana Samaj', was born.
11/11/1996A.P. cyclone toll may cross 2,500.