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Historical Event on 9/1/1934
Suniti Kumar Ghosh, cricket test umpire for two tests from 1988-89, was born in Bengal.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/30/1759 | Alamgir was murdered by his minister Imad-ul-Mulk. |
| 1/8/1964 | Jack ""Murph the Surf"" Murphy, 27, and a companion were arrested in Miami as suspects in the theft of $410,000 rare gems from the American Museum of Natural History in October of last year. The world's largest sapphire, the Star of India, and eight of the other 22 stolen gems were returned to New York in an attorney's coat pocket, having been recovered in two water-logged suede pouches from a Miami bus terminal locker with the help of a third suspect. The three described themselves as ""beach boys."" Murphy is a sometimes an aquatic clown, but mainly they were notorious jewel thieves. Murphy was also accused of pistol-whipping actress Eva Gabor and stealing jewels worth $50,000 from her a year ago. |
| 12/25/1921 | Mass boycott greets the Prince of Wales when he arrives in Calcutta. |
| 1/24/1997 | Public holiday in connection with Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose birth centenary. |
| 10/5/1957 | Nehru becomes the first recipient of the key of Hiroshima Peace City. |
| 7/1/1928 | Fifteen people were killed in Calcutta as Hindus attacked Muslims. |
| 3/15/1919 | Osmania University was established at Hyderabad. |
| 1/6/1989 | Lord Sudhindra Prasanna Sinha died. |
| 3/21/1979 | Morarji Desai, PM, inaugurated the Backward Classes Commission in New Delhi. |
| 8/20/1885 | First meeting of the Indian National Congress held. |
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