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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
6/3/1997Four women ministers (Renuka Choudhry, Kamala Sinha, Ratnamala Savanur & Jayanti Natarajan) join I K Gujral cabinet.
7/29/1980India won Gold Medal in Hockey at Moscow Olympics.
10/21/1959Chinese and Indian troops clash on Ladakh border.
9/20/1819Jose Custodio Faria (Joseph Stadio Faria), revolutionary scientist of Goa died.
8/2/1953Baldev Ramji Mirdha ""Kisan Kesari"", great social worker, leader and politician, died in harness while going to address a Kisan Conference. He also played a vital role in formation of Rajasthan.
5/27/1930India's major cities are seething with unrest following the arrest of Mahatma Gandhi and thousands of his followers in the campaign of civil disobedience against British rule. Civil unrest in Bombay, where at least six were killed and sixty injured.
4/6/1990Bhalchandra Tryambak Randive, senior Marxist leader and founder President of WTU, died.
10/19/1921Pandurangshastri Athvle, founder of 'Swadhyay Pariwar', was born.
8/2/1922Gangaprasad Birla, great industrialist, was born.
4/17/1917V.Sp. Manickam, famous Hndi writer, was born at Melasivapuri (Pudukkottai).