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Historical Event on 2/9/1874
Govind Tryambak Darekar, Marathi poet, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/15/1947 | India and Pakistan gain independence (dominion status). Lord Mountbatten becomes Governor General of India and Mohammad Ali Jinnah is appointed the Governor General of Pakistan. Independent India's first cabinet meeting with Jawaharlal Nehru as Prime Minister held. Members of the first Cabinet were: 1. J. L. Nehru - PM, External and Commonwealth Relations and Scientific Research, 2. Sardar Patel - Home Information and Broadcasting and States, 3. Dr. Rajendra Praised - Food and Agriculture, 4. Maulana Azad - Education, 5. John Mathai - Railways and Transport, 6. Sardar Baldev Singh - Defence, 7. Jagjivan Ram - Labour, 8. C. H. Bhabha - Commerce, 9. R. A. Kidwai - Communications, 10. Rajkumari Amrit Kaur - Health, 11. B. R. Ambedkar - Law 12. R. K. Sanmukham Chetty - Finance, 13. Shyama Prasad Mookerji - Industries and Supplies, 14. N. V. Gadgil - Works, Mines and Power. |
| 2/13/1968 | Atal Bihari Vajpayee elected President of the All India Jan Sangha. |
| 2/28/1927 | Krishan Kant, vice President of India and former Young Turk, was born at Kot Mohd. Khan, district Amritsar, Punjab. |
| 7/5/1994 | Kiran Bedi, Delhi IG, wins Magsaysay Award. |
| 1/21/1969 | First India built electronic digital computer commissioned. |
| 11/1/1956 | Madhya Pradesh State High Court was established at Jabalpur having its benches in Gwalior and Indore. |
| 6/10/1987 | Jeevan, famous Hindi film actor, died. |
| 5/3/1971 | Dhanjay Ramchandra Gadgil, famous economist, passed away. |
| 9/19/1726 | Khandoballal died. |
| 6/16/1946 | C. Rajagopalchari became the Governor of West Bengal (1947) in Interim Government. |
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