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Historical Event on 9/7/1998
Swami Ranganathananda is elected the 13th president of the Ramakrishna Order.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/3/2000 | A. B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, accuses Pakistan for the hijack of an Indian Airlines aircraft. (The crisis ended on Dec. 31 last with the Vajpayee Government agreeing to free three terrorists in exchange for the passengers). |
| 5/26/1998 | Prof. Jagdish Bhagwati, economist, was awarded the 1998 Freedom Prize of the Max Schmidmeiny Foundation. |
| 3/20/1782 | Colonel James Tod, author and researcher of Rajput history, was born. |
| 1/7/1883 | Martyer Sohanlal Pathak was born. |
| 4/4/1990 | Hindi film 'Bagh Bahadur' received the best feature film award of 1989. |
| 9/16/1977 | Kesarbai Kerkar, famous classical singer, died in Bombay. |
| 1/1/1955 | Shantiswaroop Bhatnagar, famous Indian Chemical Expert, died. |
| 12/27/1988 | The first hot-air Cross India Balloon started its flight in Rajasthan. |
| 12/27/1988 | Surdas (1483-1563), blind Hindi bard and singer of Agra whose hymns to Krishna are compiled in the 'Sursagar', was born in Sihi village near Delhi. |
| 10/6/1997 | Abhijit Kunte wins Asian Junior Chess title. |
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