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Historical Event on 3/9/1966
India yields to Sikh demand for Punjab-speaking state.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/3/1882 | Nandalal Bose, great Indian painter and master, was born in Bengal. |
| 10/9/1968 | Olympic Games open in Mexico City. |
| 9/29/1981 | Delhi-Srinagar Indian Airlines Boeing 737 flight was diverted to Lahore, Pakistan by five Khalistan activists of the Dal Khalsa International. On board there were 117 passengers out of which 66 were freed on arrival in Lahore. |
| 7/20/1916 | Habibur Rehman Ebrahim Chowdhary, cricket Test Umpire for 4 tests from 1959-64, was born at Mumbai. |
| 11/17/1948 | Despite the scepticism on the part of the US and British advisers concerning the feasibility of the scheme, the first half-dozen HAL-reconditioned B-24s were ready by November 1948 and, on the 17th of that month, No. 5 Squadron was formed with these heavy bombers. |
| 10/15/1899 | Menka (Lady Lila Sokhi), famous Indian dancer, was born. |
| 8/1/1953 | Bombay Government decides to abolish ''jagirs'' in merged areas. |
| 6/6/1990 | GOI decides to extend validity of passports to 10 years. |
| 10/31/1999 | Dr. S. S. Badrinath gets Dhanvantari Award. |
| 4/30/1870 | Dadasaheb Phalke alias Dhundiraj Gobind Phalke was born at Trymbakeshwar near Nasik, Maharashtra. He is remembered as the 'Father of Indian Cinema'. He produced India's first feature Film, 'Raja Harishchandra' and founded Phalke & Co. at Bombay. He was a director, producer, writer, editor & laboratorian, portrait photographer and also a scene-painter. |
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