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Historical Event on 12/9/1942

Dr. Dwarkanath Kotnis, doctor of international fame, died at Kokun village, China.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/6/1980Janata Party splits again; members with RSS links form the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP). A. B. Vajpayee becomes its first President.
5/3/1962Hundreds of Muslims are killed in clashes with Hindus in West Bengal.
12/31/1941Milkha Singh Govindsingh Amritsar, cricketer (brother of Kripal Singh, Indian batsman in 4 Tests), was born in Madras.
10/29/1930Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru is sent back to prison for two yearrs following a speech he made at Allahabad the day after his release from jail.
5/24/2000The Supreme Court rejects the proposal for setting up benches outside Delhi.
1/20/1990Dr. Raja Ramanna sworn in Minister of State for Defence.
11/25/1987India all out for 75 vs West Indies at Delhi. Patterson took 5-24.
2/1/1976Air Marshal Hrushikesh Moolgavkar PVSM, MVC, became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 31/Aug/1978.
1/22/1993A Patna-Lucknow-Delhi IA flight IC-810 was hijacked by a certain Satish Chandra Pandey shortly after take-off.
9/19/1996India Development Forum pledges $7b. to India.