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Historical Event on 3/9/1961

Vishnu Sahay was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 15-04-1962.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/13/1601John Lancaster leads 1st East India Company voyage from London.
4/21/1998Ashok Kumar, Special Secretary, Union Home Ministry, who headed a Central team to Tamil Nadu to assess the law and order situation, was transferred to the Planning Commission.
11/9/1942Jami, last evergreen poet of Parsi language, died.
7/8/1996Tamil Nadu Govt. moves SC for fresh directions to Karnataka govt. for release of 15 tmc. ft. of water.
7/16/1856Ishwar Chand Vidyasagar, on the request of Governor Lord Canning, instituted a law announcing the right of Hindu widows for re-marriage.
1/14/1995The 5th Pay Commission suggests trimming of bureaucracy.
1/12/1992India and Russia sign a new political treaty.
5/23/1997The body of controversial former chief of Tarn Taran district police Ajit Singh Sandhu is recovered from rail tracks near Bhakharpur About 30 km from Chandigarh.
4/16/1962Third Lok Sabha constituted after the third general election in India. J. L. Nehru forms the third Congress ministry.
5/5/1942Henry Albert John Gidney, great leader and politician, died at New Delhi.