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Historical Event on 2/9/1946

Demonstrations were held against the trial of the INA men. The ratings and a few units of the Royal Indian Navy rise in open Mutiny in Mumbai harbours.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/3/1990Birsa Munda, freedom fighter and leader, was finally arrested in Chakradharpur forest.
1/9/1664Shivaji started Surat campaign and left the city after plundering the place.
6/17/1991Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Rajiv Gandhi (Posthumous) (1944-1991).
9/20/1932Gandhiji commences ""fast unto death"" (hunger strike) in Poona prison to secure abolition of separate electorates for Harijans and untouchables.
8/5/1981Jagjivan Ram heads breakaway Congress(U) and calls new party Congress (J).
9/1/1999The Congress(I) President, Ms. Sonia Gandhi, launches a broadside against the Vajpayee Government on handling of Kargil issue.
1/23/1992India becomes ASEAN dialogue partner.
8/1/1964Air Chief Marshal Arjan Singh, Padma Vibhushan, DFC. became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 15/07/1969.
10/11/1991Meghalaya placed under President's rule.
12/27/1998Churches and missionary schools come under attack and many were injured in a fresh outbreak of communal violence in Surat and Dangs district of Gujarat even as the Bajrang Dal and the Vishwa Hindu Parishad announce the stepping up of their stir against the alleged conversion of Hindus.