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Historical Event on 9/1/1947
Indian Standard Time was adopted.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/13/1996 | Lok Pal Bill introduced in Lok Sabha. |
| 12/26/1914 | Dr. Shushila Nair, social reformer, was born in village Kunjah, district Gunjra, Punjab (now Pakistan). She dedicated her life to serve Gandhiji and Gandhi Ashram and also performed the duties of Indian citizen by taking active participation in freedom movement. |
| 1/7/1928 | Vijay Tendulkar, famous playwright and novelist, was born. |
| 10/20/1989 | Pakistan win Sharjah Trophy over West Indies and India. |
| 11/24/1963 | Marotrao Kannamwar, former Chief Minister of Maharashtra, passed away. |
| 4/2/1953 | Asaf Ali, lawyer, nationalist and writer, passed away. |
| 8/22/1933 | Inhabitants of Partabgarh face starvation as Opium was now outlawed. They had been living from the sale of opium for the past 800 years. |
| 8/30/1659 | Aurangzeb plotted the death of his brother Dara Shikoh and beheaded him. He was buried in a vault under the dome of Humayun's tomb. |
| 3/15/1920 | Ranganandhan Francis, field hockey (Olympic-gold-1948, 52, 56), was born. |
| 7/25/1982 | Dr. Neelam Sanjiva Reddy (1913-1996) retired from the post of sixth President. |
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