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Historical Event on 6/9/1997

At least 50 persons were killed and 5,000 families affected in a landslide triggered by heavy rains in Gangktok.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/10/1996Delhi High Court bans the import of toxic waste in India.
3/21/1997Jockey Vasant Shinde retires.
3/21/1997
10/30/1994India seeks Chinese support for Security Council membership.
3/24/1998G.M.C. Balayogi of the Telugu Desam is elected Speaker of the Lok Sabha as the candidate of the BJP-led Government.
3/24/1998Sher Shah defeats Humayun near Buxar at Chausa and becomes emperor of Delhi.
6/20/1911Dattatray Purushottam Karmarkar, veteran freedom fighter and former cabinet minister, died.
9/12/1898Baldev Prasad Mishra, Hindi litterateur, was born.
1/29/1781First Newspaper, J.A.Hickey's Bengal Gazette - January 29, 1781.
8/1/2000One hundred people of Kinnaur, Shimla and Mandi districts of HP die following flash floods in the Sutlej river.