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Historical Event on 3/9/1989

Yasser Arafat, PLO Chairman, arrives on a two-day state visit to India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/2/1788Pitt's Regulatory Act was was introduced to modify the Indian Administration and put further controls on Government of India after the 1784 Bill.
7/22/1993Swiss Justice ministry reveals that Hindujas, Quatrocchi and Win Chadha are among the seven appellants fighting to prevent the transfer of Bofors pay off names to India.
10/2/1986Rajiv Gandhi survives assassination attempt made by Sikh extremists at Raj Ghat.
11/29/1996The Indian Journal of Medical Research brought out special issues, as part of the 85th year celebrations of ICMR, on Nutrition Research (November 1995) and Diarrhoeal Diseases (July, 1996). The ICMR Bulletin also brought out special issues on such topics as Nutrition, Tuberculosis, AIDS, Tribal Health, etc. so as to coincide with the theme selected for a particular month as part of the celebrations. As part of the global theme initiative coordinated by JAMA, USA, the January 1996 issue of the ICMR was devoted to 'Emerging and Re-emerging Infections'.
9/25/1919Rayat Educational Institute (Rayat Shikshan Sanstha) was established.
10/5/1864Cyclone destroyed most of Calcutta city in which approximately 50,000 people died.
11/12/1762Peshwa surrendered in Battle of Alegaon.
10/25/1990Captain Sangma, first Chief Minister of Meghalaya, died.
4/22/1992IAF in response to a recommendation by Secretary General, the Security Council adopted resolution No. 751 (1992) by which it established UNOSOM for handling situation which had deteriorated to an extent where death and destruction forced hundreds of thousands of civilians to flee their homes and causing need for emergency humanitarian assistance.
3/5/1961Sachin Sengupta, famous writer, dramatist and journalist, passed away.