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Historical Event on 9/4/1997

Dharmavir Bharti, great journalist and editor of Dharamyug, died at 6 am.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/2/1930Riots break out in Amritsar.
10/27/1999Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) in Madhya Pradesh splits.
4/11/1992Dr. M.M.Thomas, Nagaland Governor, removed from office.
12/19/1857The trial on Raja Nahar Singh, who was arrested and then was prisioned at Metcalfe House, began on Saturday at 1100 hrs at Delhi.
8/7/1905The first political documentary ootage was the Great Bengal Partition Movement: Meeting and Procession shot by Jyotish Sarkar and Jamshedji F. Madan in Calcutta.
4/26/1999The President dissolves Lok Sabha and orders fresh elections.
6/27/2000The Clinton administration rejects a demand by 21 U.S. Congressmen for declaring India a terrorist state in the wake of attacks on Christian priests and churches.
3/25/1954The first helicopter S-55 arrived ferried to Delhi. The Indian Air Force experience with rotary wing aircraft. It was indeed a 'red letter day' in the history of IAF a befitting gift on its coming of age ' when the first helicopter wearing IAF markings appeared at Palam in the form of a Sikorsky, S-55. Such a swift action, complete involvement and dedication on the part of the crew and technicians was the clear indication of the standards with which One-O-Four set about its tasks for others to emulate.
9/16/1997Rajeev Balakrishnan sets 100m national mark in the ITC International Athletics meet.
7/31/1993Air Chief Marshal Nirmal Chandra Suri PVSM, AVSM, VM, ADC. retired as the Air Officer Commanding, India Command.