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Historical Event on 2/9/1964

Hanumant Singh scores 105 runs on his debut match during the India vs England cricket tournament at Delhi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/11/1946Viceroy interviewed Gandhiji, and mooted proposal of Coalition Government at Centre.
5/10/1857India's real mutiny begins with the revolt of Sepoys of Meerut near Delhi the next day.
1/17/1999Madhya Pradesh won its maiden Wills Trophy championship, defeating Bengal in the final of the limited overs cricket championship in Calcutta.
11/20/1955Polly Umrigar scores India's first Test double century, 223 vs NZ.
7/9/1875The Bombay Stock Exchange, the first in India, was constructed under the shade of a large banyan tree.
7/1/1997Voluntary Disclosure of Income Scheme `97 (VDIS) comes into effect.
11/18/1911Free primary school education is introduced.
12/29/1885A 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.
4/23/1926Madhavrao Sapre, great political leader, passed away.
2/18/1895Shri Rafi Ahmed Kidwai, nationalist, patriot, social reformer and Congress leader, was born at Masauli village, Barabanki District.