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Historical Event on 2/9/1991

India holds the last decennial census of the century.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/22/1986India vs Australia Test Cricket at Madras finishes in a tie.
2/4/1910New Press Censorship bill announced; govt. say repressive measures necessary to halt unrest.
2/21/1993Naxals free Andhra Pradesh Congress (I) MLA P.Balaraju and a govt. official after 22 days in captivity.
7/16/1917Jagdishchandra Mathur, modern Hindi playwright, was born.
7/15/1948Establishment of 'PEPS' (Patiyala and East Punjab States Union).
3/30/1997Congress Party withdraws support to the 10-month old H. D. Deve Gowda Government at the centre, and stakes its claim to form an alternative government.
10/6/1913V. R. Kant, famous poet, was born.
6/20/1939Ramakant Bhikaji Desai, cricketer (effective pace bowler for India in the 60s), was born in Bombay.
8/28/1998India and Pakistan clash at the Security Council after New Delhi denounced the running of terrorist training camps in the Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and Afghanistan.
8/17/1882Sir Ram Nath Chopra, noted professor of Pharmacology, was born.