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Historical Event on 3/9/1999

Rabri Devi is sworn in Chief Minister of Bihar for the second time.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/17/1943Indian troops retreat from Rathedaung to Buthidaung in the face of a renewed Japanese offensive on the Arakan front in Burma.
7/24/1989A majority of opposition members in Lok Sabha resign on the issue of C & AG report on Bofors gun deal.
1/28/1900General K.M. Cariappa, first Indian Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army, was born at Sanivara, Santhai (Coorg).
12/26/1989Keshav Shankar Pillai, international fame cartoonist, painter, writer and Padma Bhushan awardee, passed away.
3/31/1997The Bombay Stock Exchange crashes by 300 points.
10/28/1998The 1997 B.C. Roy National Award was presented to 18 medical experts.
6/22/1948Emperor of India title was deleted from His Majesty the King of United Kingdom's titles.
8/6/1994The Muslim Auqaf Trust takes over charge of the Hazratbal shrine after the removal of security bunkers around it by authorities.
5/6/1952Maria Montessori, pioneer in mordern education, who spent almost 10 years in India, died in Noordwijk aan Zee. The principles and techiques advocated by her are also applied to the education of handicapped children and adult education.
6/8/1998Sani Abacha, 54, Nigerian President, died in Abuja of heart attack.