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Historical Event on 1/9/1972
In 1971, 433 feature films produced in the world with a record and a top position in film production.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/22/1873 | Sir Muhammad Ekbal, writer of song 'Sare Jahanse Achha', was born. |
| 7/24/1997 | Country's highest civilian honour Bharat Ratna conferred on former interim Prime Minister Gulzarilal Nanda and posthumously on freedom-fighter Aruna Asaf Ali. |
| 9/15/1861 | Dr. Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya, famous architect, engineer and a diplomat, also a Bharat Ratna awardee, was born at Chickballapur in Mysore (Karnataka) in a poor Brahmin family. |
| 6/7/1606 | Guru Arjundev, fifth Guru of Sikhs, passed away. |
| 1/30/1948 | Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, the spiritual leader of Indian independence, was shot and killed by a Hindu extremist. The 78-year-old Gandhi was shot at point-blank range as he was walking through a garden to a pergola, where he was to deliver his daily prayer meeting. |
| 10/29/2000 | Jitendra Prasada, senior Congress leader, files nomination papers for the party presidential polls setting the stage for a contest against the incumbent, Ms. Sonia Gandhi. |
| 5/12/1666 | Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj meet Aurangzeb and was arrested. |
| 2/5/1986 | Laxmanrao Sardesai, famous Marathi and Konkani litterateur, passed away. |
| 3/27/1878 | Britishers sent Indian soldiers to Malta considering that the Russian would attack. |
| 7/6/1992 | R. Janakiraman Committee estimates involvement of Rs. 3543 crore in the security scam. |
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