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Historical Event on 9/9/1872

Sarladevi Chaudharani, Bengali poet, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/12/1924Gandhiji was operated on for appendicitis in Sassoon Hospital, Pune.
3/14/1993India seeks Interpol's assistance in investigating the sources of bomb blasts in Bombay.
6/11/1984574 Sikh army deserters arrested.
9/27/2000Venus Williams of USA claims the women's gold in the tennis event in the Sydney Olympics.
3/30/1992Satyajit Ray received the honorary Oscar award..
3/2/1996Tendulkar scores 137 for India vs Sri Lanka in Cricket World Cup, but India still lose the match.
7/17/1979Jagjivan Ram elected Janata parliamentary party leader. Charan Singh is PM heading Janatha (S)-Congress coalition and Jagjivan Ram is leader of the opposition in the Lok Sabha.
5/18/1974First underground Atomic device explosion for India was carried out successfully near Pokhran in Rajasthan (Thar Desert) at 8:05 a.m. This event made India as the 6th nation to explode an atomic bomb.
5/8/1994Harikant Jethwani, famous Sindhi litterateur, passed away.
8/15/1997The Government bans doctors from determining the sex of the foetus.