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Historical Event on 3/9/1997

Mumbai takes Wills Trophy in Mohali.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/26/1923Mukeshchandra Mathur, famous playback singer, was born.
9/18/2000President K. R. Narayanan presents the Dada Saheb Phalke award for the year 1999 to film maker Hrishikesh Mukherjee.
5/7/1994Dr. S.P. Tripathy, Director-General of ICMR, retired after 32 years of distinguished service in the ICMR, and Dr. G.V. Satyavati took over as the new Director-General of ICMR in July 1994. She became the first woman scientist in the country to head not only ICMR but any Research agency in independent India.
4/30/1958Shiekh Abdulla taken into custody.
1/5/1974Virendranath Dasgupta, great revolutionary, died.
5/3/1969Shri Varahagiri Venkatagiri (1884-1980) became the acting President of India.
3/25/1990Lakshadweep Council elections.
12/6/1897Lekhraj Kishanchand Mirchandani (Aziz), famous Sindhi poet, essay writer and critic, was born.
5/13/1994Telecom sector opened to private companies under the new national policy announced in Parliament.
6/19/1999The ''people's bus'' from Calcutta rolls into Dhaka and is formally received by the Prime Minister and his Bangladesh counterpart.