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Historical Event on 9/14/1997

78 persons die and around 250 are injured as four bogies of Ahmedabad-Howrah Express de-rail while crossing a bridge on Hasdeo river near Champa Railway Station in Bilaspur district, Madhya Pradesh.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/1/1886Raja Mahendra Pratap, great revolutionary freedom fighter and social reformer, was born at Musran in U.P.
4/5/1930Mahatma Gandhi reached Dandi, a small costal village in Gujarat, after travelling 385 kms with 78 followers to break the recently imposed ""Salt Law"". This event is known as 'Dandi March' and was started from Sabarmati Ashram near Ahmedabad.
8/26/1997Employee Provident Fund scheme of 1952 amended to ensure that all PF claims are settled within 30 days from the date of receipt of claims by the PF Commissioner.
3/3/1871Congress changes Indian tribes status from independent to dependent.
8/6/1905Chittaranjan Das ""Desh Bandhu"", freedom fighter and advocate, started an organisation named ""Swadeshi Mandali"". He also founded magazine named Narayana in 1914 and a Bengali weekly in 1922 and the daily 'Forward'.
8/10/1992Ram Niwas Mirdha appointed Chairman of the JPC on scam.
2/24/1996Naresh Chandra appointed India's ambassador to USA.
9/25/1927Jagmohan Amirchand was born in Hafizabad (now in Pakistan).
2/12/1794Alijabahadar Mahadaji Shinde passed away.
9/13/1928Shridhar Pathak, prominent Hindi writer, passed away.