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Historical Event on 3/9/1997

Bezawada Gopala Reddy, 89, former Union Minister and former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, died.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/28/1992Karnataka government withdraws order allowing nine private organisations to start capitation fee for engineering colleges.
12/10/1952World's first official Family Planning programme launched in India.
9/19/1960Sindhu River water-sharing settement was signed between India and Pakistan.
10/13/1781A treaty was singed between the Britishers and ruler of Gwalior, Scindia.
7/25/2000Two Indians Aruna Roy from Rajasthan and Jockin Arputham, founder of the Indian National Slum Dwellers' Association, chosen for the Ramon Magsaysay award for public service.
8/9/1909Vinayak Krishna Gokak, famous Kannad poet, play writer, critic of literature, educationist and Gyanpeeth awardee, was born at Savanur.
1/14/1964Bapu Nadkarni bowled 32-27-5-0 vs England, 21 maiden overs in a row.
7/21/1988Indian National Satellite (INSAT-1C) launched. This is operational multi-purpose communication and meteorology satellite. It served for only one and a half years. It was launched by European Ariane launch vehicle Ariane-3.
8/3/1994The first successful heart transplant operation was performed at the All India Institute of Medical Science, New Delhi, by a team of doctors led by Prof. P. Venugopal (25-2-96).
7/24/1997Country's highest civilian honour Bharat Ratna conferred on former interim Prime Minister Gulzarilal Nanda and posthumously on freedom-fighter Aruna Asaf Ali.