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Historical Event on 9/9/1997

Designated court decides to frame charges against 49 persons, including Shiv Sena Supremo Bal Thackeray, BJP president L. K. Advani and former U.P. Chief Minister Kalyan Singh, in cases relating to Babri Masjid demolition in Ayodhya on December 6, 1992.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/3/1926Muslim-Hindu riots destroy temples, killing 12, wounding 100 in Calcutta.
5/17/1916Gurusiddappa Sivappa, great industrialist, was born at Bangalore.
12/12/1961Portuguese civilians are evacuated amid fears of an Indian troop invasion at Goa, Daman and Diu.
11/13/1999A woman commits 'sati' in Satpura village in Mohaba district of Uttar Pradesh
7/31/1993Transport operators begin nation-wide strike.
3/14/1995Chandragupta Chaudhary 'Comred ', senior leader of Bhartiya Communist Party, passed away.
7/9/1969India accepted 'Royal Bengal Tiger' as its National Animal, as recommended by the Indian Wild life Board. This Tiger is also known as the majestic tiger - panthere tigris (Linnaeus).
4/28/1986Malayalam film `Chidambaram' directed by G. Aravindan wins best feature film award and Shyam Benegal bags the Best Director award for the Hindi film 'Trikal'.
5/31/1968F.V. Arul became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 06/05/71).
1/18/1982Six thousand labor activists arrested in two days and national strike called in New Delhi.