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Historical Event on 4/9/1997

Mumbai regains Ranji Trophy in Gwalior.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/27/1992Dhananjay Bhattacharya, famous Bengali singer, died.
9/23/1996Sitaram Kesri elected provisional president of Congress (I).
3/19/1954The first helicopter S-55 arrived at Bombay by sea.
2/13/1984Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister, inaugurated the first manufacturing work of Indian Submarines at Mazgaon Dock, Bombay.
9/5/1846Sir Charles Metkaf, Governor General of East India Company, died.
10/10/2000The world's first elected woman Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranaike died of heart attack in Colombo.
3/16/1902A. Appadorai, educationist and author, was born at Angadipuram, Kerala.
8/20/1991Sivarasan and Subha, the main suspects in Rajiv Gandhi case, commit suicide in Bangalore.
12/28/1907Vitthal Narayan Kothiwale, great author, was born at Garoth (Malva).
11/21/1961Communist China announced a cease-fire in its border war with India and said it would withdraw its troops 12 miles behind the boundary lines that existed in 1959. China said it was making the move to end the hostilities and to implement proposals it had made in October to settle the border dispute. Before the ceasefire, Chinese troops had seized the Indian headquarters at Bomdila near Tibet and were threatening the Indian state of Assam. Faced with defeat on the border and a Chinese invasion, the Indian government said it would ""respond positively"" to the Chinese offer of a ceasef