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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
10/29/1991Janta Dal leaders inculding V.P. Singh arrested on way to Ayodhya.
2/6/2000''Water'' shooting stopped following suicide by a Shiv Sena activist; and director, Ms. Deepa Mehta asked to leave Varanasi.
7/12/1896Dangambarrao G. Bindu, politician and father of Hydrabad Liberation Party, was born.
8/9/1970Trailokyanath Chakravarty died in Delhi.
12/22/1998Janata Dal's S. Jaipal Reddy selected for the ''best parliamentarian award'' for 1998.
4/13/1963Babu Gulab Rai, famous hindi critic, passed away.
7/9/1994Surendranath, Governor of Punjab, died.
2/14/1922Bhimsen Joshi, great singer and composer, was born.
9/21/1997Mahesh Bhupathi wins a cliff-hanger as India clinches Davis Cup World Group play-off tie against Chile 3-2 in Delhi.
11/17/1935Deodhar Gopal Krishna, great social worker and architect of ""Seva Sadan"" (Pune), passed away.