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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
5/10/1996Union Cabinet recommends to President the dissolution of the 10th Lok Sabha.
1/10/199627th International Film Festival of India begins in New Delhi.
2/8/1986Sister Alphonsa was beatified by his Holiness Pope John-ll at Kottayam. She was the first woman from India to be raised to this honour. (19-7-96).
11/29/1962Haryana achieved their target of supplying electricity to 100\% villages.
9/20/1942Kanak Lata Barua, a yound child who tried to host the national flag at Goupur police station in Assam with the help of 500 people, was shot by the police station incharge.
10/10/1964Olympics opened at Tokyo
8/9/1999India's Manisha Malhotra won the $10,000 ITF women's circuit tournament at Harrisonburg, Virginia for her maiden tour title.
12/15/1675Guru Tegh Bahadur was beheaded in Delhi by Aurangzeb for his refusal to embrace him.
4/9/1993Lt. Gen. B.C. Joshi to be the next army chief.
6/1/1944Liladhar Jagudi, well known Hindi poet, passed away.