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Historical Event on 9/14/1997

Fire and explosions devastate terminals and storage tanks at Visakh Refinery of Hindustan Petroleum Corporation. Toll put at 51.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/27/1995Rajiv Gandhi Container Terminal open at Kochi port.
9/30/1999Hindi writer Prof. Prem Shankar and Tamil scholar Ashokamitran selected for K.K. Birla Foundation Fellowships in comparative Indian literature.
6/24/1961Indian Manufactured Supersonic fighter HF24 flew took to air for the first time.
6/13/1999The Indian army secures the strategic Tololing peak in the Dras sector.
4/18/1898Damodar Hari Chapekar, India's first revolutionary, was hanged in the Yervada Central Jail. He was punished for killing the Rand and Ayrest British Officials.
1/18/1913Gandhiji refers in ''Indian Opinion'' the possibility of return home to India by mid-year.
11/18/1772Madhav Rao Peshwa (the 4th peshwa ruler) died at the age of 28. Narayanrao succeeded him.
8/8/1966India endorses the Partial Nuclear Ban Treaty.
10/26/1952Pakistan's first Test cricket win vs India. Fazal Mahmood took 12 wkts .
11/27/1946London announces parley on India; Muslims accept, Hindus decline.