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Historical Event on 10/9/1978
Asian Games begin in Bangkok.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/25/1954 | Manvendranath Roy, great patriot, died. |
| 8/9/1966 | Heroes of the 1942 movement were honoured at a rally in Red Fort. |
| 8/11/1908 | Khudiram Bose was hanged on this day in Central Jail at Mujaffarpur, Bihar at the age of 19 years. He along with Prafulla Chaki had planned to bomb the carriage supposed to be carrying Kingsford, unfortunately he was betrayed and was caught and finally was sentenced to death and hanged. This day is observed as ""Martyr's Day"" in memory of the great freedom fighter. Even today the soul stirring songs composed in his honour are sung by Bengali folk-singers. |
| 10/16/1952 | Pakistan's first Test vs India starts at Delhi. |
| 7/17/1979 | Jagjivan 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. |
| 8/14/1900 | S. K. Patil, Congress leader, was born. |
| 9/12/1994 | UN Secretary General Ghali visits New Delhi. |
| 7/11/1957 | Aga Sultan Sir Muhammad (1877-1957), Aga Khan III, spritual leader of Ismaeli Muhammedans, passed away. He worked for Britian in the WW I & II. Aga Khan was extremly rich, he once had himself weighed against a sack of diamonds belonging to him. He was also one among those who formed the Muslim League. |
| 4/16/1930 | Rioting continues in India as British police fire on mob of 10,000. |
| 1/22/1967 | Atomic Energy Center was renamed after Homi Jahangir Bhabha as 'Bhabha Atomic Research Centre' at Trombay, Mumbai. |
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