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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
10/26/1952Pakistan's first Test cricket win vs India. Fazal Mahmood took 12 wkts .
3/15/1908Police shoot four people in rioting.
1/20/1990Dr. Raja Ramanna sworn in Minister of State for Defence.
9/29/1906Chhajju Ram, social worker and teacher, was born at Manawar, Chhamb.
5/26/1957Janta Insurance Scheme was inaugurated in Bombay.
4/8/1674Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj honoured Hansaji Mohite with the degree of 'Hambirrao' and appointed him as Chief General of his Army.
12/25/1861Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya, freedom fighter and founder of Banaras Hindu University, was born at Allahabad.
1/21/1999Bal Thackeray, Shiv Sena chief, suspends his party's protest against the coming India-Pakistan cricket matches after an urgent meeting with the Union Home Minister in Mumbai.
12/23/1900Charansingh Chaudhary, former Prime Minister of India and a farmer's leader, was born.
11/7/1958Nehru said the role of Gen. Mohammed Ayub Khan in Pakistan had increased the 'risk and danger of war' between India and Pakistan.