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Historical Event on 10/9/1997
Forest brigand Veerappan kidnapped 21 persons and later released 13 tourists. He detained six people --Dr. Mythi of Indian Institute of Horticulture Research Centre, Bangalore, two drivers, pumpset attender and two photographers.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/22/1994 | Sushil, great Jain Muni Acharya, passed away. |
| 1/10/1897 | Wildemar Modecai Haffkine, famous scientist, innoculated himself with vaccine against Plague publicly to demonstrate the harmlessness of the product in Bombay. The method of preparation of this vaccine has remained the same till now for more then hundred years. |
| 1/10/1897 | Acharya Surdasji, famous poet in Hindi and great devotee of Lord Krishna, was born. |
| 8/1/1997 | Lt. Gen. Ved Prakash Malik to be next chief of Army staff. Gen. Shankar Roy Chowdhury retires on September 30. |
| 9/30/1997 | At least 20 civilians were killed and over 30 injured in unprovoked firing by Pakistani troops on Kargil town in Jammu&Kashmir. |
| 6/12/1997 | Mihir Sen, long distance swimmer, died. |
| 7/14/1928 | Bedabrata Barua, educationist, social reformer and politician, was born. |
| 12/1/1966 | Nagaland becomes a state of the Indian Union. |
| 2/1/1855 | East India Railways were held for formal inauguration; Howrah station was opened. |
| 9/10/1980 | Mangalore University established. |
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