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Historical Event on 8/9/1996
Sachin Tendulkar, 23, chosen India's cricket captain.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/21/1975 | Farakka Barrage dedicated to nation. |
| 10/26/1932 | Chinadorai Deshmutu, Indian field hockey player (Olympics-1952), was born. |
| 1/4/1998 | V.D.I.S. nets Rs.10,500 crores with Rs 33,000 crore black money disclosed in 4,66,031 declarations made. |
| 6/22/1995 | India and International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) sign MOU enabling them to visit suspected militants and persons in detention centres only under humanitarian consideration. |
| 3/17/1985 | Dattu Phadkar, cricketer (Indian all-rounder, 31 Tests 1947-58), passed away. |
| 6/15/1659 | Aurangzeb declared as the Emperor at Delhi. |
| 9/11/1987 | Mahadevi Verma, Gyanpith award winner and one of the greatest luminaries of modern Hindi literature, passed away. |
| 10/3/1950 | India protests U.N. troops' crossing of 38th parallel in New York. |
| 1/3/1978 | Chandrasekar takes 6-52 at MCG in Indian innings win. |
| 8/3/1995 | Enron Power Project scrapped by Maharashtra government. |
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