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Historical Event on 2/9/1874
Govind Tryambak Darekar, Marathi poet, was born.
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| 5/18/1985 | Dr. P. C. Alexander appointed High Commissioner in Britain. |
| 12/24/1993 | Khanprabha Bhaduri, famous Bengali poet and writer, died. |
| 7/17/2000 | 55 persons die as a Boeing 737 of Alliance Air from Calcutta to Delhi via Patna and Lucknow crashes at Gardanibagh, one km from the runway at the Patna airport. |
| 1/17/1601 | Akbar, after eight month's siege, entered Asirgarh one of the strongest forts in India. |
| 8/18/1923 | Jamshed Khudadaad Irani, cricket wicket-keeper for India during the 1947-48 Australia tour, was born in Karachi. |
| 4/4/1990 | Hindi film 'Bagh Bahadur' received the best feature film award of 1989. |
| 9/18/1993 | Asit Sen, famous comedy actor and character artist, died. |
| 5/13/1962 | Dr. Rajendra Prasad (1884-1963) retired from the post of first President. |
| 8/19/1916 | Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma, former President of India, was born. |
| 4/22/1993 | Air India engineers call off their 56-day-old strike. |
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