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Historical Event on 9/8/1897

Lokmanya Tilak charged in anti-national activity case.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/1/1902Alwar Iyengar Jaggu, famous Hindi writer and professor, was born at Chatra Ghosham.
5/12/1949S Vijaya Laxmi Pandit, first woman foreign ambassador, was received in US.
8/13/1943Chintamanrao Deshmukh was first Indian to be appointed Governor of Reserve Bank.
2/23/1996North-Eastern Development Finance Corporation inaugurated.
2/7/1999Indian leg-spinner Anil Kumble became the second only bowler in Test history after J.C. Laker (England) to take all ten wickets in an innings against Pakistan in the second Test in Delhi.
6/30/1992Over 20 Indian pilgrims die in Saudi Arabia due to heatwave and inadequate medical attention.
3/26/199914 tonnes of heavy water leaked into the second unit of the Madras Atomic Power Station (MAPS) at Kalpakkam during an in-service inspection.
3/20/2000Unidentified militants gun down 35 Sikhs in the south Kashmir village of Chatti Singhpora in one of the worst incidents of violence in the State.
6/8/1997Prafulla Kumar Mahanta, Assam Chief Minister, has a narrow escape as a powerful remote-controlled bomb exploded in Maligaon area of Guwahati.
1/23/1992India becomes ASEAN dialogue partner.