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9 JAN HISTORY EVENTS

Today in Indian History Events for January 9

9-January-1664Shivaji started Surat campaign and left the city after plundering the place.

9-January-1841John Gil Christ, founder of Fort William College Calcutta, passed away at Paris.

9-January-1854Govind Vasudev Kanitkar, noted poem writier, novelist and translator, was born.

9-January-1889Dr. Vrindavanlal Varma, famous Hindi writer and social reformer, was born in Jhansi. He mainly wrote historical and social novels, most famouse being "Mriganainee".

9-January-1904Pratab Singh Chaudhari, social worker, was born at Multan, Punjab .

9-January-1915Gandhiji reached Bombay on his return from South Africa. He became a member of the Indian National Congress. He was awarded Kaiseri-e-Hind Gold Medal for Ambulance service on Jan, 11.

9-January-1916Ramkrishna Ramnarayan Ruia, great industrialist, was born.

9-January-1918Harprasad Nanda, famous Industrialist, was born.

9-January-1919Theophane A. Mathias, educationist, was born.

9-January-1922Har Gobind Khurana, scientist of Biology, was born in India. He did his M.Sc from University of Punjab and, for higher education went to University of Liverpool. In 1959, he produced a chemical called "Coenzymea", which is essential for certain processes in the human body. He was awarded Nobel Prize for medicine in 1968 along with Marshall W. Nirenberg and Robert W. Halle

9-January-1923Satyendranath Tagore, Bengali litterateur, passed away.

9-January-1935Britain signs the Trade Pack with India.

9-January-1935Savita Jajodiya, famous Marathi writer, was born.

9-January-1935Harishankar Sharma, great educationist, was born at Jaipur.

9-January-1946Nanalal Dalpatram Kavi, famous Hindi poet, Gujarati litterateur, writer, headmaster and innovator of duel meaning phrases, passed away.

9-January-1971Muslim leader Sheik Mohammed Abdullah was barred from returning to Kashmir.

9-January-1972In 1971, 433 feature films produced in the world with a record and a top position in film production.

9-January-1976President suspends seven freedoms guaranteed by Article 19 of the Constitution.

9-January-1982A group of 21 Indian scientists team led by S. Z. Qasim started for the first ever Antarctica expedition on December 1981 - Jan 1982.

9-January-1993An Indian Airlines TU-154 plane crash lands in Delhi, all the 165 on board escape; Civil Aviation Minister Scindia resigns; PM cancels Dhaka visit; SAARC summit put off.

9-January-1994Indian diplomats and staff members evacuated from war-ravaged Kabul.

9-January-1995T.N. Seshan, chief election commissioner, asks Centre to put off annual budget in lieu of State assembly elections.

9-January-1995Manipur Assembly removes Dr.H. Borobabu (Speaker) and suspends his membership until state election.

9-January-1996PM unveils India's state-of-the-art Main Battle Rank (MBT) `Arjun' at a New Delhi function.

9-January-1997John Major, British Prime Minister, addresses plenary session of the 'Partnership Summit' organised in Calcutta by the Confederation of Indian Industry.

9-January-1998Three RJD ministers in the Gujral Cabinet - Mr. Raghuvansh Prasad Singh, Capt. Jai Narayan Nishad and Mrs. Kanti Singh - resign.


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