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Historical Event on 1/9/1993

An Indian Airlines TU-154 plane crash lands in Delhi, all the 165 on board escape; Civil Aviation Minister Scindia resigns; PM cancels Dhaka visit; SAARC summit put off.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/17/1994Twelve opposition legislators in Sikkim resign.
12/12/1930Babu Genu sacrificed his life to stage the boycott of foreign goods.
2/6/1915Poet Pradeep (Ramchandra Divedi) was born at Bandnagar, MP.
10/19/1921Pandurangshastri Athvle, founder of 'Swadhyay Pariwar', was born.
2/2/1996Gold price zooms to all-time record high of Rs. 5600 per 10 grams.
7/18/1947Indian Independence Act, signed by King George VI, was proclaimed as Indian Freedom Act, 1947.
10/13/1998India, Mauritius sign an agreement on civil aviation in New Delhi in the presence of its two Prime Ministers.
4/10/1997Announcement of UP's 70th new district to be re-named after Jyotiba Phule.
9/10/1943Satyendra Chandra Bardhan, Vakkom Abdul Khader, Fouja Singh, Boniface Pereira and Anandan were hanged on charges of conspiracy to ""wage war against the King"" under the Ememy Agents Ordinance (which was given retrospective effect) at Madras Jail. They sang Vande Mataram and shouted ""Bharat Mata Ki Jai"" when they were being hanged.
5/9/1992Madhu Sapre, Miss India, is crowned the second runner-up at the Miss Universe beauty pageant.