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Historical Event on 9/4/1997

Dharmavir Bharti, great journalist and editor of Dharamyug, died at 6 am.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/29/1998Sachin Tendulkar receives the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award and Joginder Singh Saini receives the Dronacharya award, while several other leading sporstmen receive Arjuna award from President K.R. Narayanan in Delhi.
5/27/1964Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, first Prime Minister and architect of modern India, passed away at the age of 74.
11/5/1994Russi Modi appointed Chairman of Air India and Indian Airlines.
8/2/1861Parafulla Chandra Ray, chemical expert and great patriot, was born in the village of Raruli-Katipara IN Jessore district.
7/19/1998Tremors measuring 4.4 on the Richter scale rocked Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh.
11/17/1966India's beauty queen Rita Faria was crowned as 'Miss World' in World Beauty contest held in London. She was a medical student.
8/4/1979Indian Airlines AVRO-748 crashes in to a hill near Bombay.
5/13/1995Renowned environmentalist Maurice F. Strong chosen for the Jawaharlal Nehru International Understanding awarded for 1992.
11/15/1911First meeting of the governing body of the Indian Research Fund Association (IRFA) was held at the Plague Laboratory, Bombay, under the Chairmanship of Sir Harcourt Butler.
2/22/1858Gannau resident of Samosa Gali in Delhi, arrested for revolutionary activities, was hanged.