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Historical Event on 10/9/1976

International Dialing Telephone Service started between Mumbai and London.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/12/1999Jalagam Vengal Rao, former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, died in Hyderabad.
12/5/1872Bhai Vir Singh, great poet, social worker, writer, educationist, musician, humanitarian and Padma Bhushan awardee, was born at Amritsar.
11/6/1930First Round Table Conference held at London.
9/3/1916Annie Besant started 'Home Rule' movement.
6/8/1906Syed Nazir Ali, cricketer (bro of Wazir Ali, India's 1st Test 1932), born at Jullunder.
3/25/1898Swami Vivekanand accepted Sister Nivedita as his disciple.
9/20/1932Gandhiji commences ""fast unto death"" (hunger strike) in Poona prison to secure abolition of separate electorates for Harijans and untouchables.
7/23/1990Vishwanath Pratap Singh, Indian Prime Minister and Gorbachev sign joint declaration committing their countries to building a nuclear-free and non-violent world in the first Indian-Soviet summit in the post-Gorbachev Soviet Union in Moscow.
5/23/1998L. K. Advani, Home Minister, is to look after J&K affairs.
2/9/1951The first census of free India of enumeration work was started.