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Historical Event on 3/9/1996

Chaudhary Randhir Singh appointed Governor of Sikkim.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/27/1948Gandhiji visits Mehrauli Muslim Fair.
6/20/1992Carnatic musician Maharajapuram Santhanam died in a car accident in Villupuram in Tamil Nadu.
5/7/1907The First Electric Tramway service commenced in Bombay (Mumbai). This service was inaugurated by Municipality Chairman Vallabhdas Thakersey and Municipal Commissioner Sheppard at 5.30 p.m. This tram was well decorated and destined from Municipal Office upto Crawford Market.
4/13/1947Diplomatic relations between India and Russia established.
4/1/1935The Reserve Bank of India was established as a Central Bank and the job of issuing notes was entrusted to this bank. The Commissioner's office which issued currency was abolished and was substituted by the Governer of the RBI. The issue offices scattered around the country came to be called as the regional offices of the Reserve Bank.
3/3/1871Congress changes Indian tribes status from independent to dependent.
2/24/1996Naresh Chandra appointed India's ambassador to USA.
2/19/1911Merle Oberon, film actress (Assignment Foreign Legion), was born in Calcutta, India.
3/22/1907Perturbed by a new law restricting Asiatic immigrants, Mohandas Gandhi, a young Indian attorney now living in South Africa, organized a campaign of civil disobedience to resist the statute popular bill passed by the new Boer government of the Transvaal Colony. The Asiatic Registration Bill was considered by Gandhi unjust and discriminatory to the large Chinese and Indian populations. However, the government expressed the belief that the ordinance was popular. ""Over 90 percent of the white people thoroughly approve of it,"" said Sir Gilbert Parker, a Conservative member of Parliament.
3/22/1907Alauddin Khalji conquered the throne of Delhi. In July declared himself as the Sultan.