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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
10/1/1959Hon'ble Judge Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha became the Chief Justice of India. He helded this office till 31/01/1964.
11/9/1997Film Federation of India chooses Malayalam film 'Guru' as official entry for Oscar awards.
2/27/1990Polls in Pondicherry and eight states.
7/25/1997Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma (1918-1999) retired from the post of 9th President.
2/25/1992Beant Singh sworn in as CM of Punjab.
6/4/1902Richard Allen, India, field hockey goal tender (Olympic-gold-1928), was born.
10/23/1985Rajiv Gandhi went to New York for the 40th anniversary of the UN.
4/3/1914Sam Hormuj Framji Jamshedji Manekshaw, India's first Field Marshal, was born. He was better known as ""Sam Manekshaw"".
4/9/1783Tipu Sultan drives out English from Bednoor, India.
6/13/1927Henry C. K. ""Clan"" Petty-Fitzmaurice, Governor of India (1888-94), passed away at the age of 82.