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Historical Event on 11/9/1997

Poonam Chibber, Miss Canada, crowned seventh Miss India Worldwide.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/21/1999Leander Paes was seeded number one in double's ranking. This was his highest double ranking.
6/5/1882Cyclonic Storm & floods in Arabian Sea hit Bombay. About 100,000 people drowned.
5/15/1992CBI begins probe into the security scam.
4/2/1870Poona Sarvajanik Sabha was found. 95 members from different parts of Maharashtra assembled in Pune during its founding.
9/24/1629Jacques Specx appointed Governor General of Dutch-Indies.
2/11/1998The Punjab police unearth a plot to kill Prime Minister I. K. Gujral, Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, and Congress(I) leader Sonia Gandhi by a pro-Khalistan militant group.
9/26/1919Rotary Club's first Indian meeting was held.
2/26/1874Sursingh Takhtsingh Gohil `Kalapi', famous Gujrati poet, was born.
9/14/1893Celebration of 'Sarvajanik Ganeshotsav' (Festival of Lord Ganesha) started.
1/30/1903Lord Curzon opened the Imperial Library in in Metcalfe Hall at Calcutta.