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Historical Event on 2/9/1917
Homi Talyarkhan, great politician, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/7/1931 | Satpal Kapur, Congress leader, was born. |
| 5/1/1940 | Marathi magzine `Digdarshan' was published. |
| 2/24/1936 | Laxmibai Tilak, famous marathi poet, passed away. |
| 1/6/1959 | Kapildev Ramlal Nikhanj, cricketer (India's finest all-rounder 1978-94, Cup-1982), was born in Chandigarh. |
| 12/25/2000 | A. B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, launches a Rs.60,000 crore ''Gram Sadak Yojana'' for linking all villages and the ""Antyodaya Anna Scheme'' for providing cheap foodgrains under the TPDS. |
| 12/25/2000 | Firuz Shah Bahmani died. |
| 3/5/1992 | Sunder, comedy actor, passed away. |
| 12/24/1809 | Christopher ""Kit"" Carson, KY, union brig-general and Indian fighter, was born. |
| 1/4/1992 | The goverment promulgates an ordinance to prevent countermanding of election in the event of death of independent candidates. |
| 8/29/1991 | Second operational Indian Remote Sensing satellite (IRS-1B) launched by a Russian launch vehicle, Vostok. It is still in service. |
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