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Historical Event on 12/9/1977

Ravishankar Mahashankar Rawal, famous painter, passed away.

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1/21/1910Ramnath Anandilal Poddar, great industrialist, was born.
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9/29/1981Delhi-Srinagar Indian Airlines Boeing 737 flight was diverted to Lahore, Pakistan by five Khalistan activists of the Dal Khalsa International. On board there were 117 passengers out of which 66 were freed on arrival in Lahore.
6/5/1659Dara Shukoh celebrated his coronation at Deorai after the final defeat.
1/14/1882Maharshi Raghunath Dhondo Karve, father of Family Planning and Sex Education, was born.
2/23/1993India complete a 3-0 series drubbing of England.
7/15/1986India protests against China's intrusion of six to seven km into the Indian territory in Arunachal Pradesh.
7/29/1891Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, great Indian educationist, social reformer, litterateur and Hindi writer, passed away in Calcutta.
9/1/1896Bhaktivedanta Swami, litterateur and social worker, was born in Calcutta.
7/15/1955Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was announced to be given to Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru (1889-1964) by the President of India, Dr. Rajendra Prasad.