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Today In Indian History - Historical Events of India
| Date | Event Name |
| 06/09/1659 |
Dara Shikoh was handed over to Aurangzeb's army by Jiwan Khan, a Baluchi whose life was saved by Dara. |
| 06/09/1752 |
French army surrenders to the English in Trichinopoly, India. |
| 06/09/1834 |
Dr. William Carey, great writer and social worker, died. |
| 06/09/1900 |
Birsa Munda, freedom fighter and leader, died in Ranchi Jail. |
| 06/09/1909 |
Baburao Arnalkar, famous detective story writer, was born. |
| 06/09/1923 |
Idris Hassan Latif, Air Chief Marshal, was born at Hyderabad, Deccan. |
| 06/09/1923 |
K. Alagirisami, famous journalist, playwright and story writer, was born. |
| 06/09/1948 |
Laloo Prasad Yadav, former Chief Minister of Bihar, was born. |
| 06/09/1949 |
Kiran Bedi, the first woman Indian Police Service Officer, was born in Amritsar, Punjab. |
| 06/09/1957 |
General Election ( 2nd) of India ends. |
| 06/09/1964 |
Lal Bahadur Shastri became the second Prime Minister of India when the country was shocked of Jawaharlal Nehru's death and Indo-China war. Shastri gave the quotation ""Jai Jawan Jai Kisan"" which motivated the war-affected Indians to boost their morale. He remained in this office till he died on January 11, 1966 at Taskent. In his cabinet, Indira Gandhi served as Minister of Information and Broadcasting. |
| 06/09/1967 |
Narayan Shripad Rajhans, alias Bal Gandharva, went into a coma in Bombay and never regained his consciousness. |
| 06/09/1980 |
M. G. Ramachandran's second AIADMK ministry takes office. |
| 06/09/1986 |
ICMR set up a network of Reference/Surveillance Centres for AIDS in almost all states of India. |
| 06/09/1986 |
First AIDS death reported from a private hospital in Mumbai. |
| 06/09/1991 |
A question paper was leaked due to which the Civil Services preliminary examination was cancelled. |
| 06/09/1991 |
Raj Khosla, famous film producer and director, passed away. |
| 06/09/1992 |
LDF wrests Narakal while the UDF retains the Tanur assembly seat in Kerala. |
| 06/09/1992 |
Rajesh Khanna (Congress-I) defeats Shatrughan Sinha to wrest the New Delhi Lok Sabha seat from the BJP. |
| 06/09/1994 |
Yogi Dhirendra Bhramachari, [controversial Flying Swami], hindu saint, died in an air crash near Jammu. He was 70. |
| 06/09/1997 |
Portfolio changes were effected by I K Gujral in Union Cabinet. |
| 06/09/1997 |
At least 50 persons were killed and 5,000 families affected in a landslide triggered by heavy rains in Gangktok. |
| 06/09/1998 |
Gujarat was hit by a cyclone killing 1,000 people in six days. |
| 06/09/1998 |
81 persons are killed as cyclone hits the Saurashtra and Kutch regions of Gujarat and Jalore district of Rajasthan. Subsequently, the toll is put at 934 in the Kutch-Saurashtra region alone. |
| 06/09/1998 |
The rupee plunges to an all-time low of Rs. 42.23/25 against the dollar. |
| 06/09/1999 |
The Indian army occupies two key positions in the Batalik sector. |
| 06/09/2000 |
The CBI-designated court frames charges against Bihar Chief Minister Rabri Devi and RJD president Laloo Prasad Yadav in the disproportionate assets case. |
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| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/18/1997 | US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright arrives in New Delhi. Ms. Albright said she raised the 'all-important issue of terrorism' with Pakistan's top leadership. |
| 03/10/1873 | Maulana Shaukat Ali, freedom fighter, nationalist and Muslim politician, was born. |
| 07/31/1995 | Rishang Keshing,Manipur CM, wins the vote of confidence. |
| 03/30/1929 | Weekly postal service across 5,000-miles by aeroplane started between England and India serving India, Egypt, Palestine and Iraq in London. |
| 05/13/1962 | Dr. Rajendra Prasad (1884-1963) retired from the post of first President. |
| 01/23/1927 | Balasaheb Thackrey, Shiv Sena chief and Hindu Hriday Samrat, was born. |
| 06/16/1993 | Harshad Mehta accuses PM of taking Rs. 1 crore payoff from him in November 1991; Rao terms it malicious and unfounded. |
| 09/07/2000 | The Election Commission de-recognises the Lok Shakti, headed by former Union Minister Ramakrishna Hegde, as a state party on the basis of its performance in the Lok Sabha and Assembly polls in 1999. |
| 10/02/1998 | Santanu Deb Barma of Tripura was chosen for Kabir Puraskar for her role in preventing violence and riots in some areas of the state in 1997. |
| 10/22/1999 | Balayogi is elected as Speaker of the Lok Sabha for second consecutive term. |
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