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Historical Event on 6/9/1964
Lal Bahadur Shastri became the second Prime Minister of India when the country was shocked of Jawaharlal Nehru's death and Indo-China war. Shastri gave the quotation ""Jai Jawan Jai Kisan"" which motivated the war-affected Indians to boost their morale. He remained in this office till he died on January 11, 1966 at Taskent. In his cabinet, Indira Gandhi served as Minister of Information and Broadcasting.
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10/9/1992 | Sukha and Jinda, assassins of former army chief Gen. A. S. Vaidya, hanged in Pune jail. |
6/23/1992 | Tin Bigha Day protest in India of corridor opening to Bangladesh. |
10/15/1915 | Dr. I. Gopalkrishnan, Cricket Test Umpire for 7 tests from 1960-67, was born in Tamil Nadu. |
4/30/1888 | Hailsones kill 246 in Moradabad. |
7/20/1993 | British parliament ratifies the Indo-British extradition treaty. |
4/12/1936 | Nehru urges Socialism for India. |
10/21/1959 | Chinese and Indian troops clash on Ladakh border. |
12/29/1957 | 8,000 ton cruiser INS Mysore commissioned. |
4/13/1851 | Ganga Ram, great social reformer and an assistant engineer in the Public Works Department, Punjab, was born at Mangtanwala, now in Pakistan. |
11/16/1995 | Mass Rapid Transit System (MRTS), India's first elevated suburban railway, becomes operational in Madras. |
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