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Historical Event on 12/9/1997

Dr. K. Shivarama Karanth (95), doyen of Kannada literature and Jnanpith Award winner, died in Manipal.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/1/1993The two helicopters along with the first batch of fifteen personnel were ferried out in an AN-12 from Delhi to Mogadishu. The two helicopters were provided by 111 HU.
6/23/1994Two Britishers held hostage by terrorists in Kashmir for 17 days were set free.
7/11/1964M C Chagla, Union Minister of Education, turns the first sod for the foundation of the 4 ft tunnel.
2/14/1755Raghuji Bhosle, great fighter of Bhosle gharana in Nagpur, passed away.
7/23/1923Navinchandra Chimanlal Pandya, great educationist, was born at Prantij, Ahmedabad.
11/1/1949Thomason Collage at Roorkee, Uttar Pradesh, was raised to the status of an Engineering University - the first of its kind in India.
9/8/1962Chinese army infiltrated in the north-east border of India exceeding the Mac-Mahon line (Tibet-India boundary). This was the first ocassion of Chinese infiltration.
4/1/1987Bureau of Indian Standards was changed to Indian Standards Institution.
9/14/1997Catholic churches in Kerala introduce the system of serving the holy Eucharist in the palm of the faithful instead of on the tongue.
5/17/1999Sonia Gandhi resigns as Congress president but the CWC(I) rejects it.