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Historical Event on 9/8/1991

Hostage ONGC engineer T.S. Raju and mediator Bipul Mahanta, an Amnesty International member, killed by ULFA in Assam.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/25/1992BJP bags eleven seats in the biennial elections to the Rajya Sabha, Congress (I) secures seven.
1/10/1996Centre sets up Rajiv Gandhi National Drinking Water Mission.
7/10/1992Dr. Najma Heptulla re-elected Dy. Chairman of Rajya Sabha.
5/17/1992R. Venkataraman, President, leaves for a six-day visit to China.
7/25/1997Laloo Yadav resigns as Bihar Chief Minister after CBI-designated court issues an arrest warrant against him in fodder scam case. His wife, Rabri Devi, is sworn in as his successor. She becomes first woman Chief Minister of the State.
5/1/1923Under the leadership of Singaravelu Chettiar, the first May day was celebrated in India.
10/30/1994India seeks Chinese support for Security Council membership.
1/1/1891Sampurnanand, Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, was born.
10/9/1968Olympic Games open in Mexico City.
10/24/1954Rafi Ahmad Kidwai, Congress leader, died.