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Historical Event on 2/9/1917
Homi Talyarkhan, great politician, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/10/1999 | Lok Sabha approves the Patents (Amendment) Bill 1999, by a voice vote. |
| 6/4/1997 | Indian National Satellite (INSAT-2D), fourth satellite in INSAT-2 series, launched. This has additional capabilities such as mobile satellite service, business communication and television outreach beyond Indian boundaries. This became inoperable due to power bus anamoly since Oct. 4, 1997. It was launched by European launch vehicle, Ariane from Kourov in French Guyana. |
| 9/7/1887 | Mahamahopadhyaya Pandit Gopinath Kaviraj, editor and master, was born at Dhamrai in Dhaka now in Bangladesh. |
| 4/18/1931 | Lord Willingdon took over as the Viceroy of India. |
| 9/7/1993 | India and China sign border peace accord. |
| 4/18/1859 | Tatya Tope (his original name was Ramchandra Raghunath Tope) a leader of Sepoy Mutiny, was captured in April, courtmarshalled and hanged at Sivpuri for 1857 Indian Mutiny. |
| 6/11/1991 | Over 106.6 million voters go to the second phase of national polls. |
| 3/9/1863 | Laxman Bapuji Kolhatkar (Bhaurao), famous singer and actor of Marathi theatre, was born. |
| 9/3/1995 | Ram Jethmalani (lawyer and MP) launches a new party, Bharatiya Lok Panchayat, to rid the country of its evils. |
| 2/19/1993 | German Chancellor Helmut Kohl receives the Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding from the President. |
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