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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 |
| 4/30/1991 | BJP election manifesto promises Presidential form of government. |
| 2/6/1932 | Veena Das, revolutionary freedom fighter, shot Stenly Jackson, Governor of Calcutta at the convocation ceremony of B.A. degree, but Jackson was afraid and bend down, thus the aim was missed. |
| 6/5/1974 | Smallpox epidemic in the country. |
| 7/24/1999 | Vimala Ranadive (84), senior CPI(M) leader, died in Mumbai. |
| 4/10/1880 | C.Y. Chintamani, renowned journalist, was born. |
| 1/30/1785 | Sir Charles Metkaff, governor general of East India Company, was born. |
| 7/2/1928 | Nandkishor Bal, great Odia poet, passed away. |
| 7/6/1960 | The President promulgates the ESMA, 1960. |
| 9/9/1923 | First magazine 'Kiran' was published by Ravikiran Mandal. |
| 7/2/1999 | Sahara India, sponsor of the Sahara Cup annual cricket series between India and Pakistan in Canada, withdrew sponsorship in view of the Kargil conflict. |
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