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Historical Event on 9/9/1872

Sarladevi Chaudharani, Bengali poet, was born.

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8/1/1939Bombay begins Prohibition, first since U.S. law was repealed.
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1/9/1971Muslim leader Sheik Mohammed Abdullah was barred from returning to Kashmir.