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Historical Event on 7/9/1969

India accepted 'Royal Bengal Tiger' as its National Animal, as recommended by the Indian Wild life Board. This Tiger is also known as the majestic tiger - panthere tigris (Linnaeus).

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/30/1991Uma Shankar Dixit (90) passed away.
3/13/1878The Vernacular Press Act was passed which subsequently made the Amrita Bazar Patrika of Calcutta an English newspaper.
2/19/1996Biennial elections to fill 39 Rajya Sabha seats in nine states.
3/22/1957National Calander based on Saka Samvat was adopted. As per this calander, the date of adoption was "Chaitra first, 1879 Saka along with Gregorian.
4/5/1938Anil Rakeshi, great poet, Hindi writer and critic, was born at Nahan (H.P.).
3/21/1836National Library was established.
6/24/1969Ted Hecht, actor (Time to Kill, Song of India, Gangster), passed away.
1/15/1958Tamil becomes the official language of Madras.
4/27/1986Congress (I) expels former Union Minister Pranab Kumar Mukherjee from the party for 6 years.
9/4/1980Second Commonwealth Regional Heads of Government Conference in New Delhi.