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Historical Event on 9/7/1968

Benipuri Sharma, famous Hindi novelist, died.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/27/1906Establishment of `Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad'.
4/11/1993Tamil Nadu and Karnataka decide to form a joint task force to nab Veerappan and announces a reward of Rs. 40 lakh for his capture.
11/9/1990Vishwanath Pratap Singh resigned from the post of Prime Minister of India after losing the Vote of Confidence moved against him.
4/6/2000The Government permits use of LPG as auto fuel.
5/26/1999IRS-P4(OCEANSAT) with an Ocean Colour Monitor (OCM) and a Multi-frequency Scanning Microwave Radiometer (MSMR) and two small satellites (KITSAT of Korea and TUBSAT of Germany) launched by PSLV-C2.
3/29/1954Indian Institute of Public Administration inaugurated.
6/17/1917Krishan Kumar Chopra, medical practitioner and social worker, was born at Lahore.
10/21/1997RBI de-regulates deposit rates, reduces CRR and Bank Rate (from 10\% to 9) and allows banks to have two sets of Prime Lending Rates.
5/31/1996J. H. Patel sworn in Karnataka CM.
8/14/1947Pakistan was partitioned from India. Gandhiji hailed the following day as one of rejoicing for deliverance from British bondage.