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Historical Event on 4/9/1954

India reports only 43\% of population speaks 15 recognized languages, noting 720 dialects, 23 tribal tongues.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/4/1933Gandhi is imprisoned for one year for breaking a restraint order.
10/28/1928M.G.K. Menon, Physics expert, was born.
3/17/1997A Delhi court sentences former Union Minister Kalpnath Rai to 10 years RI.
2/21/1992Congress scores nearly three-fourth majority in Punjab Assembly elections.
9/9/1997G. K. Moopanar, Tamil Maanila Congress president, and his party colleagues Jayanthi Natarajan, Union Minister of State for Civil Aviation, and Peter Alphonse, resign from Rajya Sabha membership following a petition filed by Shiv Sena member Sanjay Nirupam seeking their disqualification 'for defecting from Congress(I)'.
9/1/1887Karmveer Bhaurao Paygaunda Patil, educationist, social reformer and founder of 'Rayat Educational Institute', was born.
12/21/1952Saifuddin Kitchlu awarded the Lenin Peace Prize of U.S.S.R. Award. He was the first Indian to receive this honour.
1/30/1993Congress (I) MLA in Andhra Pradesh P. Balaraju and eight officials kidnapped by the outlawed People's War Group in Visakhapatnam district.
6/24/1901John Thottam (Sir Marry Benigna C.D.) Marry, great poetess and teacher, was born in Elangi village at Kerala.
6/6/1990GOI decides to extend validity of passports to 10 years.