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Historical Event on 9/14/1997
78 persons die and around 250 are injured as four bogies of Ahmedabad-Howrah Express de-rail while crossing a bridge on Hasdeo river near Champa Railway Station in Bilaspur district, Madhya Pradesh.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/20/1991 | 6.1-7.1 earthquake in uttar Kashi and three northern districts of UP in the Himalayan foothills kills more than 1,600 people. |
| 1/1/1999 | George Fernandes, Defence Minister, said the sacked Naval Chief, Admiral Vishnu Bhagwat, had been displaying ""disturbing tendencies"" for over a year and even threatened his successor, Admiral Sushil Kumar, with court martial. |
| 3/1/1901 | Vaidya Jogeshchandra Banerjee was born. |
| 3/23/1995 | Shakti Chattopadhyay, famous poet, passed away. |
| 3/1/1992 | Anant Gundopant Tendulkar, great journalist, passed away. |
| 2/20/1982 | The Kangla Tongbi war memorial built for 221 members of Advance Base Depot, who laid down their lives to repulse several waves of Japanese attacks, was finally shifted to College of Materials Management Jabalpur. The original memorial was erected on 15 Apr 1946 from local stone and the main epitaph displayed above is of black Naga stone. |
| 12/17/1959 | Pattabhi Sitaramayya, president of Indian National Congress and politician, died at the age of 78. |
| 4/4/1990 | MI-4 was re-equipped with the mighty Mi-35, thus becoming a dedicated Attack Helicopter unit of the IAF. |
| 3/23/1962 | Nawab of Pataudi captains Indian cricket team vs WI at the age of 21 years 77 days. |
| 11/30/1988 | Cyclone lashes Bangladesh, Eastern India; 317 killed. |
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