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Historical Event on 3/9/1997

Bezawada Gopala Reddy, 89, former Union Minister and former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, died.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/22/1986Satwant Singh, Balbir Singh and Kehar Singh, all sikhs, were sentenced to death for the assassination of India's Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.
2/28/1919Gandhiji signs Satyagraha Pledge to secure withdrawal of Rowlatt Bills.
2/22/1905Purushotamsing Bajaj, industrialist and social worker, was born at Shikarpur (Sind).
7/17/1992Lok Sabha rejects no-trust motion.
3/31/1992The new five-year Export-Import policy relaxes restrictions.
2/25/1886Narmadashankar Lalshankar Dave 'Narmad', social reformer and famous Gujrati litterateur, passed away.
3/20/1920Usha Mehta, freedom fighter, was born at Satara. Her name is closely attached with freedom movement via Bombay Radio, as she and Babubhai Prasad and Vitthalbhai Zaveri founded this Radio and started motivating people of India with their telecasts.
6/11/1991Over 106.6 million voters go to the second phase of national polls.
11/1/1930S. R. Bose, cricket test umpire for one test in 1983-84, was born in Bihar.
7/1/1984Ravishankar Maharaj, freedom fighter and national leader of the country, died at the age of 101.