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Historical Event on 9/8/1991

Hostage ONGC engineer T.S. Raju and mediator Bipul Mahanta, an Amnesty International member, killed by ULFA in Assam.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/25/1760Lord Clive left India. His successors as Governors of India were J. Holwell and H. Vansittart from July 1760 to 1765. He was re-posted to India on May 3, 1765.
2/8/1921Chamber prince of a Royal Proclamation was inaugurated.
1/2/1932Sant Harchand Singh Longowal, famous Ragi and reluctant politician, was born in Sangrur's backward Gadarhiani village.
1/3/1966Chetan Jagatram Manohar Sharma, cricketer (Indian Test pace bowler, World Cup hat-trick 1987), was born in Ludhiana.
6/3/1977K. Brahmananda Reddi elected President of the Indian National Congress.
11/25/1977John Lobo became the Director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 30/06/79).
10/18/1712Jeremias Van Riemsdijk, Governor General of Dutch Indies (1775-77), was born.
9/3/1767Colonel Smith was defeated in the battle of Changama that took place between the combined forces of Nizam and Hyder Ali and the British army. This was the first war of Mysore. The British concluded a humiliating peace with Hyder Ali of Mysore.
2/27/1992Narasimha Rao elected Congress (I) President in the party poll held after a gap of 20 years.
12/3/1971Pakistan took the initiative of striking the airfields both in the East and the West. While the IAF carried out retaliatory air strikes in the West and shot the Pakistan Air Force (PAP) out of the skies.