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Historical Event on 9/8/1991

Hostage ONGC engineer T.S. Raju and mediator Bipul Mahanta, an Amnesty International member, killed by ULFA in Assam.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/6/1995Arun Tamhankar, great journalist, died.
9/11/2000A Delhi High Court exonerates senior Congress(I) leader and former Union Minister H.K.L. Bhagat in a 1984 anti-Sikh riot case in Delhi (in Mansarovar Park in East Delhi on November 1, 1984).
5/15/1873The proposal to dissolve East India Company was passed in England.
6/17/1674Jijabai, mother of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, died.
4/2/1994Governor Bhanu Prakash Singh dismisses Wilfred D'souza Government in Goa.
11/18/1911Free primary school education is introduced.
2/24/1988Prithvi, India's first Indigenously designed surface-to-surface tactical missile of 250km, was successfully test fired from Sriharikota. India becomes the fifth country to develop such a missile.
8/21/1987Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma elected the Vice President of India (1987 - 1992).
8/21/1987A battle was fought at Turkra or Turkra Qasba (in the Balasore district) in which the Afghans were routed.
2/19/1992A 12-member Congress (I) TUJS coalition ministry led by S. R. Burman sworn in Tripura.