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Historical Event on 4/9/1997

Mumbai regains Ranji Trophy in Gwalior.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/12/1786Lord Cornwallis was appointed, and became Governor General of India, as well as the Commander-in-Chief Army Officer.
6/29/2000The Election Commission derecognises seven regional parties in some states -- Samata Party in Haryana, Shiv Sena in Dadra and Nagar Haveli and the RJD in Manipur, NTR-Telugu Desam Party in Andhra Pradesh, the Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) in Chandigarh, the United Minority Front in Assam and the Haryana Vikas Party in Haryana-- These will remain registered but unrecognised parties.
4/18/1971Gavaskar makes 220 in second innings vs West Indies after 124 in first.
6/1/1997Ghulam Rasool Wani, National Conference leader, kidnapped and shot dead by militants at Kaskot in Doda district, Jammu.
8/13/1928Nationalists issue a draft constitution calling for dominion status and a two-chamber parliament.
1/1/1955Shantiswaroop Bhatnagar, famous Indian Chemical Expert, died.
7/2/1997Screening for Hepatitis C made mandatory all over India.
3/22/1949SSC Examination system started.
1/30/1959Uranium Metal Project started producing Uranium at Trombay, Mumbai.
7/23/1856Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak, scholar, mathematician, philosopher, militant nationalist Indian leader and who helped lay the foundation for India's independence, was born at Ratnagiri in Maharashtra.