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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
2/17/1994Former US Congressman Stephan Solarz named Ambassador of India.
7/25/1938Gautam Kalicharan, famous Hindi poet, was born.
5/30/1991Uma Shankar Dixit (90) passed away.
1/30/1999Paes-Bhupathi stumbled in the doubles final losing to Patrick Rafter-Jonas Bjorkman in the Australian Open Tennis tournament.
7/13/1999Floods claim 15 more lives in Bihar.
2/17/1997Notorious criminal Charles Sobhraj released from jail after 20 years, and re-arrested soon after release under Foreigners' Regional Registration Act.
4/14/1772Ahmadshah Abdali passed away.
4/28/1974Gaganvihari Lallubhai Mehta, famous economist, politician and journalist, passed away.
10/17/1995BJP withdraws support to Mayavati Government in Uttar Pradesh. UP Governor Motilal Vohra accepts the resignation of Mayawati and her cabinet but asks her to continue as caretaker government. BJP's top brass takes the final decision to break with the BSP.
1/15/1934Nearly 20,000 lives were claimed in a tremendous earthquake measured 8.4 on the Ricther Scale, in Bihar and parts of Nepal. Munger City was completely destroyed.