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Historical Event on 9/7/2000

The Election Commission de-recognises the Lok Shakti, headed by former Union Minister Ramakrishna Hegde, as a state party on the basis of its performance in the Lok Sabha and Assembly polls in 1999.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/1/1930A bomb, believed to be planted by Indian nationalists, is found at the British Museum at London.
4/22/1923Babani Sheshagiri Pai, social worker and journalist, was born at Ankola in Karnataka.
6/21/1930Five hundred were hurt as police charged Bombay mob.
10/5/1997Dr. Kalpana Chawla became the first Indian woman to become an astronaut. (year 1997 or Oct. 5, 1998)
4/14/1952Three integrated Railway Zones, Northern, North Eastern and Eastern inaugurated.
11/27/1870Dattatreya Balwant Parasnis, famous history researcher and collector of historical items, was born.
9/6/1965Full scale warfare broke out all along the international border between West Pakistan and India. Pakistani troops advanced towards the Indian town of Akhnur in Kashmir and Pakistani paratroopers raided Punjab.
5/8/1990A 255 kmph cyclone lashes Andhra Pradesh coast causing heavy losses to life and property.
9/7/1887Mahamahopadhyaya Pandit Gopinath Kaviraj, editor and master, was born at Dhamrai in Dhaka now in Bangladesh.
8/15/1997IWM Vijayalakshmi wins Asian Zonal Women's Chess tournament in Tehran.