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Historical Event on 9/14/1997

Fire and explosions devastate terminals and storage tanks at Visakh Refinery of Hindustan Petroleum Corporation. Toll put at 51.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/6/1934Nilkanth Yashwant Khadilkar, editor of Marathi daily newspaper, was born.
9/9/1944Mahatma Gandhi conducted several talks between 9th September to 27the September with Mohammed Ali Jinnah regarding Pakistan.
4/8/1923Plague in India killed 1,000 in past week.
10/12/1907Durgaprasad Mandelia, famous merchant and industrialist, was born.
7/27/1998B. B. Lyngdoh is sworn in Meghalaya Chief Minister.
8/11/2000The World Bank signs an agreement for a $713 million aid to India for three infrastructure projects.
2/6/1966Madurai Kamraj University established.
9/2/1998Nishant, the pilotless training aircraft developed by DRDO, is successfully flown from Chandipore.
8/19/1757The first rupee coin was minted in Calcutta by the East India Company.
10/6/1913V. R. Kant, famous poet, was born.