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Historical Event on 10/9/1978

Asian Games begin in Bangkok.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/18/1997Indo-Bangladesh friendship treaty, signed 25 years ago, expires.
1/2/1905Jainendra Kumar, famous Hindi novelist and patriot, was born.
1/7/1997Jaspal Rana bags six gold medals in the men's standard pistol and air pistol and set two more records on the penultimate day of the National shooting.
9/22/1902Sorabjee Harmasji Colah, (right-hand batsman who batted in India's first two Tests), was born in Bombay.
5/13/1971General Insurance nationalized.
12/10/1905Robert Koch received the Nobel Prize for Medicine for his work on Tuberculosis.
4/2/1679Aurangzeb reimposed Jizya Tax to finance the spread of Islam on the Hindus.This Jeziya tax was abolished by Akbar.
12/9/1942Dr. Dwarkanath Kotnis, doctor of international fame, died at Kokun village, China.
11/20/1993RBI clears two more private banks: The Times Bank Ltd. and the Indus Ind Bank Ltd.
12/27/1976The Kangla Tongbi war memorial built for 221 members who laid down their lives to repulsed several waves of Japanese attacks. Advance Base Depot is shifted to Jabalpur. The original memorial was erected on 15 April 1946 from local stone and the main epitaph displayed above is of black Naga stone.