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Historical Event on 1/9/1854
Govind Vasudev Kanitkar, noted poem writier, novelist and translator, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/5/1950 | Sri Aurobindo Ghosh, great revolutionary, freedom fighter and teacher, passed away. |
| 8/15/1990 | GOI declares Prophet Mohammed's birthday a national holiday. |
| 12/8/1930 | British Gen. Norman Simpson shot at desk by Indian nationalists. |
| 4/6/2000 | The Government permits use of LPG as auto fuel. |
| 4/6/2000 | Iltutmish, father of Radiya Sultan, died in Delhi. |
| 7/22/1987 | A.G. Kripal Singh, 14 Tests for India and one century on debut, passed away. |
| 12/29/1885 | A group of middle-class intellectuals in India, some of them British, found the Indian National Congress to be a voice of Indian opinion to the British government. This was the origin of the later Congress Party which was founded in Bombay. |
| 12/28/1974 | Pandit Hiralal Shastri, great social worker, leader and first Chief Minister of Rajasthan State, died. |
| 12/31/1965 | Sivaramakrishan Laxman, right-hand batsman and leg break bowler, was born in Madras. |
| 12/16/1999 | The second phase of national AIDS programme is launched. |
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