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Historical Event on 8/9/1997

Sonia Gandhi addresses Congress plenary session at Calcutta.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/10/1659Chhatrapati Shivaji killed Afzal Khan near Pratapgad Fort by a clever but undignified move.
10/31/1966Mihir Sen swam Panama Canal in 34 hours 15 minutes.
5/23/1924Venkatraman Narayan Swamy, cricketer (one Test v NZ in 1955, DNB, 0-45), was born in Calicut.
8/4/1997Maharashtra govt. decides against banning Arun Shourie's book ''Worshipping False Gods'' on Dr. B.R. Ambedkar.
1/5/1890Ganendra Mohan Tagore died.
5/23/1984Bachendri Pal, an employee of Tata Iron and Steel Co. Limited at Jamshedpur, conquers the summit of Mount Everest to become the first Indian woman and the fifth women in the world to achieve this feat.
3/31/1994The Supreme Court orders closure of 11 industrial units around Taj Mahal.
6/25/2000India lifts the Asia Cup sub-junior hockey championship in Kuala Lumpur.
2/25/1909Gandhiji arrested at Volksrust; sentenced to 3 months.
8/16/1901Shripad Ramchandra Tikekar, journalist and critic, was born.