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Historical Event on 12/9/1997

Dr. K. Shivarama Karanth (95), doyen of Kannada literature and Jnanpith Award winner, died in Manipal.

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7/21/1934Chandrakant Gulabrao Borde, cricket batsman (55 Tests for India 1959-67), was born in Pune.
10/15/1686Aurangzeb attacked and conqured Bijapur and this was the end of the Muslim Adilshahi's era.
8/28/1997Tiwari and Surinderjit Kaur set national records in hammer throw in Federation Cup Athletics.
6/16/1997P. Sukumaran (50), Malayalam film actor, died in Kochi.
2/1/1990Governors named for 14 states.
7/22/1875Nandkishor Bal, great Oria poet, novelist and critic, was born.
10/15/2000Sachin Tendulkar becomes the highest run-getter in one-day internationals (9379 runs) during his innings of 69 in the final of the ICC cricket tournament against New Zealand
1/5/1995Jitendra Prasad succeeds N.D. Tiwari as UPCC-I chief.
7/10/1972Herd of stampeding elephants kills 24 people in Chandka Forest, India.
5/12/1999Arunachal Pradesh Governor refuses to quit.