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Historical Event on 3/9/1858

Bahadurshah Jafar II, the last Mughal Emperor, was deported to Rangoon under the offence for rising of first Indian Mutiny in 1857.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/9/1858Nizam Shah became the Sultan of Dehli.
6/5/1995Manmohan Singh re-elected to Rajya Sabha from Assam.
2/14/1976Urban Land Ceiling Regulation Act comes into force.
11/15/1989Test debut of Sachin Tendulkar and Waqar Yunus at Karachi.
8/15/1990India successfully test fires 'Akash', an advanced medium range surface to air missile.
1/27/1931Mahatma Gandhi was released from jail, ending eight months of imprisonment for his campaign of civil disobedience against British rule. To avoid demonstrations, Gandhi was released late in the evening from the Yerovda jail and put on a night train to Bombay. There was hope in British circles that the release of Gandhi would end the strife and lead to discussions of dominion status. Gandhi made clear, however, that he would persist in his civil disobedience campaign.
12/31/1995Air Chief Marshal Satish Kumar Sareen PVSM, AVSM, VM, ADC., became the Air Officer Commanding, Indian Air Force. He was in this office till 31/Dec/1998.
2/25/1995Bomb attack on a train in Assam; 27 soldiers killed.
3/10/1993The 12-day-old caretaker ministry in Tripura led by Samir Ranjan Burman resigns.
1/30/1999Pandit Ravi Shankar, sitar maestro, is chosen for Bharat Ratna.