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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 |
| 2/3/1925 | First Electric Train started its journey from Bombay V. T. (presently known as C.S.T.) to Kurla. This train was on the Central Railway, Bombay. |
| 6/10/1984 | Top army commander killed in Bihar; Sikh troops desert unit. |
| 10/6/1858 | Nanasaheb Peshwa, a revolutionary of first mutiny, died. |
| 1/16/1989 | Prem Nazir, famous actor of more than 620 Malayalam films, died at the age of 59 yrs. |
| 5/13/1962 | Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Dr. Rajendra Prasad (1884-1963). |
| 5/13/1962 | Pedro Alvaris, Portugese businessman, reached Calicut and established the first European factory in India. |
| 5/29/1993 | Ramesh More, Shiv Sena MLA, was murdered. |
| 9/30/1999 | A B Vajpayee, Prime Minister, calls upon the people at an election campaign in Lucknow to give him a five-year term. |
| 12/7/1856 | First Hindu widow married officially. |
| 12/7/1856 | Affonso de Albuquerque, who is regarded as the real founder of Portuguese power in India, died at the age of 73 years. |
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