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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
9/30/1908Ram Dhari Singh Dinkar, famous Hindi novelist, was born.
5/1/1923Under the leadership of Singaravelu Chettiar, the first May day was celebrated in India.
3/12/1993Powerful bomb blasts at twelve various places in Mumbai takes 317 lives.
1/27/1901Tarkatirtha Laxmanshastri Joshi, the great thinker, master of Sanskrit and editor of Marathi Vishwakosh, was born.
1/16/1990All Governors asked to resign.
10/27/1999P.M. Sayeed of the Congress(I) re-elected as the Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha.
3/3/1990JD-BJP coalition government in Gujarat, Chimanbhai Patel to become CM; Sharad Pawar in Maharashtra and Bhairon Singh Shekhewat of BJP to head the BJP-JD coalition government in Rajasthan.
6/20/1995B.R. Verma was made pro-tem Speaker by Governor by invoking Article 180 (1).
3/9/1974Guru Amudan Sharma, famous Manipuri dance master, passed away.
7/1/1968Asia's biggest nuclear research lab started in New Delhi.