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Historical Event on 2/9/1989
Sanjay Khan, actor-director, critically injured in a fire accident.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
11/18/1960 | Raghunath Chaudhary, famous natural poet of Assam, passed away. |
10/9/1947 | P. C. Joshi, General Secretary, Communist Party of India (CPI), appealed to all LEFT parties to rally around Nehru to fight for peace. |
9/10/1976 | An Indian Airlines Boeing 737 aeroplane was hijacked for the second time and taken to Lahore, Pakistan. |
5/4/1932 | Many are arrested as Congress agents picket Bombay post offices in celebration of Gandhi Day. |
12/21/1929 | Indian National Congress convenes in Lahore. |
6/6/1916 | Lord Kitchener, the premier soldier of the British Empire, passed away tragically last night as the ''Hampshire'', the cruiser on which he was traveling to Russia to boost sagging morale, struck a mine or was torpedoed off the Orkney Islands and sank, drowning all aboard. Life in London came to a standstill, while Paris and Washington were shocked by the news. In the last half-century, through tireless energy and devotion to imperial duty, Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 66, commanded in Palestine, Cyprus, Egypt, Sudan, South Africa, and India. Two years ago, he had become the War Secretary. |
12/14/1895 | George VI, King of England (1936-52), was born. |
12/14/1895 | Guru Ramdasji died. His son Arjun Dev succeeded him and changed the offerings to the Guru into a regular tax. |
8/11/1922 | Manmohan Krishna, famous actor, was born. |
1/31/1949 | Maharajas of Baroda and Kolhapur decide to merge their states with Bombay. |
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