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Historical Event on 4/9/1997

Mumbai regains Ranji Trophy in Gwalior.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/6/1961D. N. Kohli was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 28-05-1966.
8/8/1923Floods on the Ganges and Jumna rivers cause loss of life in Benares, India.
4/26/1999India's Atanu Lahiri and Bhagyashree Thipsay won the men's and women's titles respectively in the Commonwealth chess championship in Bikaner.
11/27/1994D. V. Purohit (Nanasaheb), veteran freedom figher and revolutionary, passed away.
12/16/1999The second phase of national AIDS programme is launched.
1/26/2001Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Ustad Bismillah Khan.
7/26/1994Government rejects JPC report on securities scandal.
7/26/1994Saint Narhari Sonar, a poet-saint of the Varkari smanaj and goldsmith (sonar) from Maharashtra had taken Samadhi. His transition from a staunch Shaiva to a Vithoba-worshipping Varkari, after a miracle that makes him realize that Vithoba and Shiva are one and the same.
2/1/1785Warren Hastings left India on Feb 8 and attended the Council meeting for the last time.
9/12/1922Chandradhar Sharma Guleri passed away.