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Historical Event on 1/9/1889
Dr. Vrindavanlal Varma, famous Hindi writer and social reformer, was born in Jhansi. He mainly wrote historical and social novels, most famouse being ""Mriganainee"".
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/1/1855 | East India Railways were held for formal inauguration; Howrah station was opened. |
| 3/30/1993 | Air Time Committee Chief P.S. Deodhar and its members resign in protest against the implementation of the metro channel of Doordarshan. |
| 12/31/1998 | Air Chief Marshal Satish Kumar Sareen PVSM, AVSM, VM, ADC, retired as the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. |
| 7/13/1907 | Hari Vishnu Kamat, great politician, was born. |
| 9/30/1996 | PVN Rao, who was to appear in court in the Pathak cheating case, gets a reprieve |
| 3/1/1962 | Gaya University renamed as Magadh University. |
| 1/14/1938 | Belur Math, new temple, was consecrated in Calcutta. |
| 12/16/1999 | Michael Johnson's 400m world record (43.18s) set up in the Seville World championship was ratified by IAAF. Other records also ratified were Kenyan Noah Ngeny's 1000m mark (2 11.96, Reiti, Italy) and Moroccan Hicham el Guerrouj's 2000m (4 44.79, Berlin). |
| 6/5/1981 | Gopal Saini at Tokyo sets record for 3000m ST. in 8,30.88. |
| 7/1/1985 | Air Chief Marshal L M Katre, PVSM, AVSM and Bar, died in office. |
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