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Historical Event on 10/9/1978

Asian Games begin in Bangkok.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/5/2000The Prime Minister rules out restoring pre-1953 status to Jammu and Kashmir.
6/19/1979Morarji Desai resigns after split in Janata Party.
4/22/1923Babani Sheshagiri Pai, social worker and journalist, was born at Ankola in Karnataka.
5/1/1992Seperate secretariat was established for primary education.
5/5/1998Yashwant Sinha and Madan Lal Khurana, Union Ministers, are discharged in the hawala case.
2/12/1742Nana Phadnavis, one of the important members of Peshwa kingdom and the Maratha master-diplomat, was born.
7/10/1927Ganga Ram, great social reformer and founder of Ganga Ram Hospital in New Delhi, died in England while functioning as an active member of the Royal Commission on Agriculture. He was against dowry and child marriages and advocated widow re-marriage and also established institutions for vocational education and education for adults.
9/9/1981Phiroz Edulji Palia, cricketer (two Tests for India, 29 runs & 0/13), died.
10/18/1712Jeremias Van Riemsdijk, Governor General of Dutch Indies (1775-77), was born.
10/1/1909Gandhiji wrote to Tolstoy regarding Passive Resistance movement.