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Historical Event on 7/9/1999
Ashok Mitra (82), noted writer, academician and former bureaucrat, died in Calcutta.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/20/1878 | Krishnashastri Chiplunkar, Marathi novelist and omnicent, passed away. |
| 5/26/1948 | First ever trade agreement with Pakistan. |
| 3/19/1990 | Madhu Dandavate,Union Finance Minister, submits Rs. 7,206 crore deficit budget with a mixed bag of new levies and concessions. |
| 8/16/1994 | Government agrees to present the revised ATR on JPC report on Scam; Parliament crisis defused. |
| 2/15/1967 | Fourth General Election of Lok Sabha begins. |
| 1/15/1993 | PM asks for judicial probe into Bombay riots, sanctions Rs. 1 crore aid for victims. |
| 2/2/1953 | All India Khadi and Village Industries Board started in New Delhi. |
| 11/17/1928 | Lala Lajpat Rai died in Lahore after being seriously wounded in the barbarous lathi charge of 30th October. He is referred as the ""Lion of Punjab"" or ""Punjab Kesari"" and is remembered as freedom fighter, nationalist, educationist, lawyer, thinker, writer, social reformer, orator and a passionate fighter for the revival of the ancient Indian culture and |
| 3/29/1977 | S. N. Mathur became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 02/05/77). |
| 3/29/1977 | Sher Shah Sur died. He was fatally wounded in an explosion on Kalanjara fort while preparing for an attack. He introduced the new silver rupee-coin ""Rupiya"" based on ratio of 40 copper coin pieces (paisa) per rupee and built several roads including the longest road of India known as Grand Trunk Road (now Natioinal Highway-2). |
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