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Historical Event on 9/9/1981

Phiroz Edulji Palia, cricketer (two Tests for India, 29 runs & 0/13), died.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/1/1994The Railway passenger insurance scheme comes into force.
1/2/1973General S. H. F. J. Manekshaw appointed as Field Marshall.
10/1/1995Hastimal Firodia, astrologer and industrialist, died.
6/23/1980Sanjay Gandhi, great Indian politician and younger son of Indira Gandhi, died in a plane crash. He was recently appointed as the General Secretary of the AICC (I).
12/14/1910Upendranath Ashok, noted writer, was born.
11/18/1960Raghunath Chaudhary, famous natural poet of Assam, passed away.
1/11/1966Lal Bahadur Shastri was posthumously awarded the ""Bharat Ratna"".
8/11/1997Hundreds travelling by Delhi-bound Rajdhani Express from Guwahati have miraculous escape as improvised explosive device planted by suspected Bodo extremists explodes on track near Guwahati.
9/27/1990Kabita Garari sets record for 10 Km W (Women) in 48.10 at Beijing Asian Games.
11/29/1644The Massachusetts General Court issued a call for local pastors to learn the dialects of neighboring Indian tribes as an aid toward converting them to the Christian faith.