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Historical Event on 3/9/1997

Bangladesh and Chakma refugee leaders sign a historic agreement for repatriation of the 50,000 refugees sheltered in six camps in Tripura for the past 11 years.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/9/1985Editor of 'Sakal', a Marathi daily newspaper, passed away.
8/15/2000Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Prime Minister, says in his Independence Day address, ""Borders cannot be redrawn either in the name of religion or on the strength of the sword"".
4/4/1987Agney, famous Hindi litterateur and Gyanpeeth Award winning poet, passed away.
8/3/1886Maithili Sharan Gupta, first man of modern Hindi poetry and literature, writer, patriot and social worker, was born at Chirgaon village near Jhansi.
1/11/1955Production of Newsprint paper factory started for the first time in India.
3/31/1990Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (1841-1956) (Posthumous).
2/6/1996Supreme Court upholds election of CPI (M) leader O. Bharathan to Kerala Assembly from Edakkad (91).
6/16/1997K. R. Narayanan, Vice-President, is the joint candidate of Congress(I) and United Front for Presidentship in July 14 election.
8/20/1985Sant Harchand Singh Longowal, a ragi, reluctant politician and Sikh leader, died. He was shot by Sikh extremists at Sherpur.
6/1/1959The Chinese occupy Tibet and Dalai Lama flees to India.