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Historical Event on 8/9/1996

Sachin Tendulkar, 23, chosen India's cricket captain.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/13/1988Second developmental launch of ASLV. Stretched Rohini Satellite Series (SROSS-2). This carried remote sensing payload of German space agency in addition to Gamma Ray astronomy payload. Could not be placed in orbit.
8/27/1997Daljeet Singh and Debi Bose set national records in the Federation Cup athletics at Chennai in javelin throw and hurdles respectively.
2/27/1941Paddy Ashton, first leader of Britain's Social and Liberal Democrat Party, was born in New Delhi, India.
1/14/1896Chintaman Dwarkanath Deshmukh, former Finance Minister of India, was born.
2/1/1835East India company obtained Darjeeling from the King of Sikkim.
4/3/1914Sam Hormuj Framji Jamshedji Manekshaw, India's first Field Marshal, was born. He was better known as ""Sam Manekshaw"".
11/16/1962Chinese troops launch a major offensive in the frontier war.
11/6/1950King Tribhuvana of Nepal flees to India.
5/8/1959Dalai Lama will not be allowed to campaign for Tibetan independence in India. India wants to maintain friendly relations with Communist China.
11/7/1990National Front Government headed by V. P. Singh loses confidence motion in the Lok Sabha (151-356). Singh tenders his resignation and this is the end of 11-month-old National Front Government.