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Historical Event on 9/1/1956
Indian state of Tripura becomes a territory.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/2/1953 | Mountaineer Edmund Hillary of New Zealand and his Nepalese Sherpa guide Tensing became the first men to conquer Mount Everest, the world's tallest mountain. The two reached the pinnacle of Everest, more than 29,000 feet above sea level, at 11.30 a.m. |
| 4/18/1961 | Pamella Bordes, photographer and model, was born in New Dehli, India. |
| 3/16/1946 | India calls Attlee's independence offer contradictory, 'a propaganda move'. |
| 11/27/1946 | London announces parley on India; Muslims accept, Hindus decline. |
| 2/3/1984 | Ravindra Mhatre, great Indian diplomat who was kidnapped in England, was murdered. |
| 9/19/1996 | India Development Forum pledges $7b. to India. |
| 9/2/1992 | Shripad Deshpande, senior journalist, passed away. |
| 4/27/1918 | Gandhiji attends Viceroy's War Conference at Delhi and addresses it in Hindustani; subsequently tours Kaira District to raise recruits for army. |
| 12/4/1997 | World Bank commits to Haryana a loan of $600 millions (about Rs. 2,350 crores) - largest single bank loan to any State. |
| 10/28/1962 | US pledges to rush arms to India. |
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