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Historical Event on 9/8/1991

Hostage ONGC engineer T.S. Raju and mediator Bipul Mahanta, an Amnesty International member, killed by ULFA in Assam.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/5/1919M.L. Kapoor, great industrialist, was born at Lahore.
10/6/1963Baba Kharak Singh, freedom fighter and grand old man of Punjab, died.
2/23/1792The Third Mysore War ended in Tipu Sultan's signing of Peace Treaty dictated by Lord Cornwallis & surrendering his two sons, Abdul Khaliq & Maiz - Uddin. This is known as Treaty of Seringapatam.
11/15/1993IA Airbus with 272 on board forcelands on a paddy field near Tirupati; all passengers safe.
5/11/1991Naxalities in Andhra abduct P. Sudhir Kumar, son of the former Union Minister Shiv Shankar.
3/25/1987Marxist-led alliance gets majority in Kerala and West Bengal elections .
3/21/1994Pakistan blocks access to Indian consulate in Karachi.
11/9/1710Reynier de Klerk, governor-general of Dutch-Indies, baptized.
8/27/1990The Cabinet Committee on political affairs decides to put a proposal before the Parliament providing five to ten per cent of Central Government jobs reserved for economically weaker sections.
4/18/1931Lord Willingdon took over as the Viceroy of India.