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Historical Event on 10/9/1976

International Dialing Telephone Service started between Mumbai and London.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/12/1967Indira Gandhi became Prime Minister of India for the second time after winning the General Elections.
4/15/1946The Kangla Tongbi war memorial built for 221 members Advance Base Depot, who laid down their lives to repulse several waves of Japanese attacks, was erected near a village named Kangla Tongbi at Mile 8 on the Imphal - Dimapur road. It was originally erected from local stone and the main epitaph displayed above is of black Naga stone.
9/24/1856Henry, first Viscount Hardinge of Lahore and Governor General of India, passed away.
12/14/1812Lord Charles Caning, Governor General and Viceroy of India (1856-1862), was born.
11/24/1989Tendulkar scores a record cricket test 50 aged 16 years 214 days.
1/9/1922Har 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. Halley.
4/30/1992Import duty on gold halved; minor concessions in direct taxes.
6/7/1606Guru Arjundev, fifth Guru of Sikhs, passed away.
2/3/2000Dr. Bimal Jalan, RBI Governor, unveils a seven-point agenda for banking sector reforms.
3/30/1913B. S. Soman, first Admiral of India, was born.