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Historical Event on 9/7/1997

Banned Maoist Communist Centre guns down at least 30 CPI (M) liberation activists, including district committee members and workers, at Ankendar village, 40 km from the district headquarters of Chatra in Bihar.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/3/1971Hostilities broke out between India and Pakistan. On the very night that hostilities commenced, with Pakistan bombing several air fields, IN Ships 'Rajput' and 'Akshay' were leaving Vishakapatnam harbour when they obtained a sonar contact. They fired several depth charges and proceeded on their mission when there was no further evidence of a submarine's presence. Thereafter, a loud explosion of rattling windows panes off the Vishakapatnam beach was heard . The Pakistani submarine 'Ghazi' (a Tench class submarine obtained from the USA in 1964) had come to grief.
3/12/1954Indian National Academy of Letters ""Sahitya Academy"" inaugurated by Dr. Radhakrishnan.
2/10/1944Japanese troops take the Ngakyedauk Pass, cutting off the 7th Indian Division at Sinzweya, Burma.
11/20/1917J.C. Bose Research Institute was established in Calcutta.
9/18/1972India becomes the top film producer of the world with 433 feature films made in 1971.
4/2/1942Congress rejected the proposal of Sir Stepherd Crips.
8/15/1950Indian Constitution goes into effect.
12/14/1955Henry Heras, famous artist and an active member of the Indian Historical Records Commission, died in Bombay.
1/18/1997Pulse Polio Immunisation Programme Phase II begins.
3/10/1998A. B. Vajpayee agrees to form a government with 252 members including the BJP and it's allies.