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Historical Event on 9/14/1997

Catholic churches in Kerala introduce the system of serving the holy Eucharist in the palm of the faithful instead of on the tongue.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/1/1993The two helicopters along with the first batch of fifteen personnel were ferried out in an AN-12 from Delhi to Mogadishu. The two helicopters were provided by 111 HU.
8/22/1987Aircraft carrier ship of Indian Navy 'Virat' joined in fleet.
2/3/1954Over 350 Hindus trampled to death in a stampede at religious rites at New Delhi.
8/15/1947At the stroke of midnight, India is free after 163 years of British Raj. At the same time Muslims win a degree of freedom from Hindus. They have their own separate dominion Pakistan in the British Commonwealth Sect.
11/5/1999The CBI arrests the Bihar Road Construction Minister Illiyas Hussain and conducts raids in the Bitumen scam case.
12/12/1971The first aerial victory was when MiG-21FLs of No. 47 Squadron shot down a PAF F-104 over the Gulf of Kutch and this was followed by three more victories in quick succession on 17 December, when MiG-21FLs of No. 29 Squadron escorting HF-24 Maruts, shot down intercepting F-104s near Uttarlai in the Rajasthan desert in gun-missile encounters, while a third F-104, on an intruding mission, was shot down by another MiG 21FL of No.29 Squadron.
4/27/1996General Election (11th) of India begins.
5/15/1989NAL's 0.6 m transonic wind tunnel is commissioned. Total project cost is about Rs 20 million.
11/8/1999The Government announces waiver of telephone bills up to Rs. 1000 in the rural areas of cyclone-hit Orissa.
2/17/1994Gopikrishna, internationaly famed 'Kathtak' exponent, died at the age of 61 years.