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Historical Event on 6/9/1986

ICMR set up a network of Reference/Surveillance Centres for AIDS in almost all states of India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/25/1919Bindeshwari Prasad Mandal, former Chief Minister of Bihar and President of Mandal Commission, was born.
9/17/1999Narayan Desai, Ajoy Kumar Basu and Saraswathi Gora are named for Jamnalal Bajaj awards.
8/1/1998The DMK condemns the BJP-led coalition Government's decision to set up a Multi-Disciplinary Monitoring Agency and rejects the Action Taken Report on the final report of the Jain Commission with reference to Mr. M. Karunanidhi.
12/22/1966U.S. announces allocation of 900,000 tons of grain to fight famine in India.
1/18/1970Kishan Singh at Cuttack sets record for 50 Km W.in 4.19.48.
2/19/1995National Research Centre for Oil Palm(NRCOP), the only institute exclusively devoted to Oil Palm research in India, was established.
1/12/1990Vimal Kumar and Madhumita Bisht retain National badminton titles.
9/23/1965The Indian Army secured the Kashmir Valley and the only object left was to clean out the remnants of the Gibraltar Force. Under the guidance of United Nations, the cease-fire came into effect.
10/24/1851First official telegraph line was opened between Calcutta and Daimond Harbour spanning 33.8 km.
11/19/1961World Council of Churches convened their third assembly at New Delhi during which the International Missionary Council and its work was integrated into the larger ecumenical group.