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Historical Event on 4/9/1965
Fighting breaks out in the Rann of Kutch between Indian and Pakistani troops. Pakistan attacked Indian borders, Sardar Post, Chhar Bet and Beria Bet, this was manned by the State Armed Police Batallions. In Kutch launched its 8th Infantry Division supported by two regiments of M47/48 Pattons. Operation 'Desert Hawk' was launched to draw away reserves from other vulnerable areas, and possibly to test India's resolve. The Indian Army did not rise to the bait.

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5/1/1977	Janata Party was established.
2/1/1835	East India company obtained Darjeeling from the King of Sikkim.
9/20/1944	Rameshchandra Saxena, a one Test batsman (India vs England 1967), was born in Delhi.
1/25/1957	Kashmir becomes Indian state.
2/10/1999	P. Gopi Chand (A.P.) and Aparna Popat (Karnataka) won the men's and women's singles titles respectively in the National badminton championship in Delhi.
2/16/1982	Sibnath Banerjee, great social worker and leader, passed away.
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1/1/1978	Samrat (Emperor) Ashoka, Air India's first Jumbo-Jet Boeing 747, after explosion falls into Arabian Sea, killing 213 people. Nobody survived.
1/7/1993	C. Subramaniam, Maharashtra Governor, resigns.

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