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Historical Event on 1/9/1919
Theophane A. Mathias, educationist, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/30/1995 | CNN launches a 24-hour news channel in partnership with Doordarshan. |
| 1/20/1879 | Raghunath Chaudhary, famous Assamia nature poet, was born. |
| 3/18/1919 | Rowlatt Act, intended to perpetuate the extraordinary powers enjoyed by the Government under Lord Chelmsford during the war, provokes countrywide protests. This Rowlatt Act was forced instead of 1915 Indian Security Act which reduced freedom of Indian people. |
| 2/14/1755 | Raghuji Bhosle, great fighter of Bhosle gharana in Nagpur, passed away. |
| 12/7/1825 | First Steam Engine Ship ""Enterprise"" reached Calcutta. |
| 6/10/1891 | Gandhiji called to the Bar. |
| 2/19/1996 | Biennial elections to fill 39 Rajya Sabha seats in nine states. |
| 11/18/1901 | V. Shantaram alias Shantaram Rajaram Vankudre, famous film maker and actor (Chitrapat Maharashi), was born. |
| 1/16/2000 | P. Moses, Indian High Commission Staff member, badly beaten up and abducted by Pakistani intelligence operators in Islamabad. |
| 11/5/2000 | The Interpol issues a ""look-out'' notice for the five persons and two of their accomplices, who hijacked an Indian Airlines plane in December 1999 |
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