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Historical Event on 11/9/1997
Film Federation of India chooses Malayalam film 'Guru' as official entry for Oscar awards.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/4/1905 | More than 10,000 people are feared to have perished in an earthquake that hit the northeast Indian province of Lahore during the night. The town of Dharmsala was almost completely razed to the ground with the entire population rendered homeless and sleeping out in icy conditions. Five hundred Gurkha soldiers were buried alive when their stonebuilt barracks collapsed on them. The towns of Kangra and Palampur have also been leveled to the ground by the worst natural disaster measured at 8 on Ricter Scale. In Lahore, 70 Hindus were killed, Muslim inhabitants were parading in the streets, weeping and offering up prayers with ceremonial rites. Several British administrators and missionaries were known to have been killed or injured. At Simla, Lady Curzon, wife of the Viceroy, had a close escape from death when a chimney crashed into the room in which she was sleeping. |
| 12/11/1996 | T. N. Seshan retires. M. S. Gill becomes the new election Chief Election Commissioner. |
| 12/9/1658 | Dutch troops occupy harbour city Quilon (Coilan), India. |
| 1/29/1997 | Supreme Court rules that water is a 'mineral'. |
| 1/1/1992 | Petrol and diesel price hiked in 11 states to make it uniform all over the country. |
| 12/11/1999 | Leander Paes capped a brilliant year with his successive Challenger title, this time in Jaipur, beating Barry Cowan in the final. |
| 6/17/1965 | Motilal, famous actor, died. |
| 10/10/1954 | First 'President Award' was awarded to film 'Shyamchi Aai'. |
| 7/21/1883 | Star Theatre was opened in Calcutta. |
| 7/26/1933 | Gandhiji went back to Sabarmati Ashram after his release from jail. |
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