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Historical Event on 3/9/1999

Rabri Devi is sworn in Chief Minister of Bihar for the second time.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/1/1997Viswanathan Anand wins the Credit Suisse Masters chess tournament in Beil.
3/3/1952The Indian National Congress secured absolute majority in the Lok Sabha in the General elections.
5/1/1996Ban imposed (through a Delhi high court judgment) on the film 'Bandit Queen', based on the life of Phoolan Devi, lifted by Supreme Court.
12/17/1972New line of control agreed to in Kashmir between India & Pakistan.
6/29/1857Battle at Chinhat (Indies rebel under Barkat Ahmed beat British).
6/30/1928Kalyanji, famous music director, was born.
8/25/1917The first significant step towards the Indianization of the Army was initiated when seven selected Indians, serving in the Army, were granted King's Commission in the Infantry and the Cavalry. Before the World War ended, two more Indians, who previously held temporary commissions, were granted King's Commission.
4/23/1929The Fate of the Outlaw', a 7-reel film produced by Majestic Film Co. was prohibited by the Board of Censors, Bombay, on April 23 on the grounds that the film glorifieds crime.
7/1/1913Kumarmanglam Parasshiv Prabhakar, former Chief of Indian Army, was born.
1/23/1961Supreme Court rules cities & states have right to censor films.