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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
4/8/2000Air India wins the Rani of Jhansi women's cricket tournament in Chennai.
7/1/1781British troops defeated Hyder Ali's progress. He was checked by Eyree Coote after the battle of Porto Novo and becamed subdued.
1/2/1993Allahabad court allows 'darshan' at Ayodhya.
9/24/1999India's Krishnan Sasikiran and China's Wang Yu bagged the boys' and girl's titles respectively in the Asian Junior Chess championship in Vung Tau City, Vietnam.
5/13/2000The Union Government gives its approval for the creation of the three new states of Jharkhand, Uttaranchal and Chhattisgarh to be carved out of Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh.
1/6/1979Rohini-200, first monsoon experimental rocket, launched from Thumba.
11/6/1904Hariharnath Shastri, worker's leader, was born.
1/24/1950Dr. Rajendra Prasad became the first President of India.
10/3/1997Financial and operational autonomy to be given to 97 profit-making public sector enterprises ('mini-ratnas') other than the navaratnas.
6/21/1999Leander Paes was seeded number one in double's ranking. This was his highest double ranking.