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Historical Event on 4/9/1993

Lt. Gen. B.C. Joshi to be the next army chief.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/17/1999GM Dibyendu Barua and IWM S. Vijayalakshmi (both India) won the men's and women's titles respectively in the Asian Zonal chess championship in Mumbai.
4/22/1983Smt. Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India, visited ICMR Headquarters and held discussions with senior scientists of ICMR. ICMR revived research on indigenous drugs/traditional medicine with a new, disease-oriented approach and a Scientific Advisory Group on Traditional Medicine Research was constituted in 1983 but actual studies (Multicentric Clinical Trials, Centres for Advanced Research, Central Biostatistical Monitoring Unit etc.) were started in 1984-85.
5/17/1992Import of 106 life-saving drugs and 37 equipments allowed.
7/21/1934Chandrakant Gulabrao Borde, cricket batsman (55 Tests for India 1959-67), was born in Pune.
3/15/1983Karnataka beat Bombay in 1st innings to win cricket Ranji Trophy.
12/13/1994Vishwanath Annappa Tatyasaheb Kore, Padmashri awardee, passed away.
1/1/1981Colaba District renamed as Raigad District.
6/4/1972First Environment Day.
7/13/1957Behram Navrosji Karanjia, leading merchant and director of various companies, passed away.
10/24/1945UNO Day.