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Historical Event on 1/9/1997

John Major, British Prime Minister, addresses plenary session of the 'Partnership Summit' organised in Calcutta by the Confederation of Indian Industry.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/30/1914Mahatma Gandhi's first arrest during campaigning for Indian rights in S Africa.
1/10/1920India became member of League of Nations.
12/1/1964Jawaharlal Nehru Agriculture University established.
1/16/1620Amarsingh I, Rajput's guhilot lineage king of Mewad, died.
12/21/1974Inssatvahana, the first establishment to give submarine training, was commissioned at Visakhapatnam.
5/27/1990Om Prakash Chautala, former CM, wins Mehem by-election.
2/24/1986Rukmini Devi passed away.
5/16/1995Government of India decides not to extend the validity of TADA Act.
2/18/1871Vishnubuwa Brahamchari, first missionary of Hindu religion, passed away.
1/23/1999An Australian missionary, Graham Stewart Staines, and his two sons Philip and Timothy are burnt to death by miscreants near Manoharpur village in Orissa's Keonjhar district.