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Historical Event on 2/9/1951

The first census of free India of enumeration work was started.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/9/1951Sikh Guru Amardasji, great social worker and teacher, was born at Basare village near Amritsar district.
12/17/1929Bhagat Singh and Rajguru killed Sanders, Asst. Suprintendent of Police.
1/8/1884Keshav Chunder Sen, nationalist leader of Bengal, social worker and good orator of Brahma Samaj, passed away at his home in Lily Cottage, Calcutta. He was one of the first Indians to sow the seeds of secularism in our country. He strongly believed that education was the basic necessity to change the society.
1/8/1884Vallabhacharya, founder of 'Pushthimarg Panth', was born.
5/13/1995Renowned environmentalist Maurice F. Strong chosen for the Jawaharlal Nehru International Understanding awarded for 1992.
2/15/1992Kesri Publications started the first Indian newspaper in `Brail' lipi (language).
1/6/1992Sachin Tendulkar completes 148* vs Australia at the SCG.
1/3/1996Karnataka agrees to release 6 tmc ft. of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu, bowing to PM's order.
2/1/1910Jahangir Mohammed Khan, cricketer (father of Majid, Indian player 1932-36), was born in Jallundar.
1/19/1919Omprakash Mehra, former Indian Air Chief Marshal and former Governor of Maharashtra, was born.