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Historical Event on 3/9/1996

India wins India-Pakistan World Cup Quater Final cricket match in Bangalore (Wills World Cup). This was the last international match played by Javed Miandad.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/4/1992RBI devalues Rupee by 1.18% against the US dollar. India emerges overall champions with 10 golds; 8 silver and 14 bronzes in the 4th Asian Junior Athletic meet in New Delhi.
6/21/1999Leander Paes was seeded number one in double's ranking. This was his highest double ranking.
1/31/1976Air Chief Marshal Om Prakash Mehra, PVSM, retired as the Air Officer Commanding, India Command.
12/11/1998Poet Pradeep (Ramchandra Divedi) died at 1850 hrs today.
5/21/1990Moelvi Muhammad Farouk, great Indian spiritual leader, was murdered.
11/11/1996A.P. cyclone toll may cross 2,500.
4/28/1952The war between Japan and India ended.
7/31/1880Nawab Rai\Dhanpat Rai, 'Prem Chand', great litterateur, writer, editor, journalist and headmaster, was born at Lamahi village near Varanasi, UP.
4/6/1664Harkhishan Singh, Sikh Guru, died.
9/14/1868Swami Virjanand, Sanskrit grammar litterateur and master, passed away at the age of 90.