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Historical Event on 4/9/1669

Aurangzeb issued a general order all the schools and temples of the infidels.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/21/1989V. P. Singh wins vote of confidence in the Lok Sabha.
1/16/1916Amat Debananda, politician, was born in Balani village at Orissa .
2/18/1665The Portuguese handover Mumbai island to England.
7/14/1854Mahendranath Gupt, follower of Ramkrishna Paramahans, was born.
6/22/1897The Chafekar brothers, Damodar and Balkrishna, shot British Officer Rand in Pune. This event played a very important role in the revolutionary freedom fighter.
5/19/1993S. W. Sohoni, 4 Tests for India, 83 runs @ 16.6, 2 wkts @ 101, passed away.
3/31/1871Gangadhar Balkrishna Deshpande, freedom fighter and loyal Congress leader 'Lion of Karnataka', was born.
12/16/1971Bangladesh was formed. President Yahya Khan of Pakistan changed his position dramatically and announced he would accept a ceasefire with India. After his forces in East Pakistan surrendered unconditionally, Yahya Khan vowed to keep fighting in the West against his political enemy. His reversal today undermines his administration, and there are growing indications he will step down as head of the military government. Yahya has already been criticized for his brutal repression of the Bengali separatist movement, which has renamed East Pakistan as Bangladesh. It appears that the separatists may actually benefit from the fighting, because India has managed to defeat most of Yahya's military forces in East Pakistan.
2/28/1712Bahadur Shah I died at Lahore at the age of 72 in the war of succession.
6/16/1946Cabinet Mission negotiations were discontinued. Viceroy proposed Interim Government.