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Historical Event on 9/7/1998

Prof. K. M. Chandy, Congress (I) leader and former Governor of Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh, died in Kochi at the age of 77.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/11/1977Dr. Fakruddin Ali Ahmad (1905-1977), the 5th President of India, passed away in office.
10/25/1990JD and BJP withdrew support to Rajasthan and Gujarat governments respectively.
5/1/1994Political party Shiromani Akali Dal was established.
1/7/1994The whole nation pays homage to Kanchi's beloved 'peripatetic tapasvin sage', Shri Shri Shankaracharya Chandrashekharendra, who died on this date during his 100th year.
11/11/1675Aurangzeb executes Sikh Guru Tegh Bahadur thus beginning the Sikh-Muslim feud that continues to this day.
6/17/1839Lord William Bentik, governor general of India, was born.
8/3/1954Atomic Energy Department established.
12/30/1971Vikram Ambalal Sarabhai, famous nuclear scientist, died.
10/9/2000The Reserve Bank of India issued bank notes in the denomination of Rs.1000 in the Mahatma Gandhi series bearing the leader's portrait in the watermark and signature of Dr. Bimal Jalan, Governor of the RBI. The length of the note is 177 mm and the width is 73 mm. The notes are printed in a combination of offset and intaglio processes. This is the first note with intaglio printing on it.
8/9/1969Ochterlony Memorial in Calcutta was renamed as 'Shahid Minar'.