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Historical Event on 10/9/1963
Saifuddin Azizuddin Kitchlew, freedom fighter, President of Punjab and the first Indian to win the Lenin Award for International Peace, died.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/17/1994 | Wali Mohammad Itto, former Speaker of J&K Assembly shot dead by militants. |
| 9/29/1725 | Robert Clive, one of the founders of British empire in India and diplomat, was born. |
| 2/21/1983 | More than 600 people were killed in the Indian state of Assam after student agitators protesting the immigration of Muslim refugees from Bangladesh attempted to stop state elections. |
| 5/11/1999 | Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Case: The Supreme Court confirmed the death sentence on four of the 26 accused, life imprisionment to three and acquitted the remaining 19 people. |
| 1/10/1979 | Anand Gopal Shauri, litterateur and journalist, passed away. |
| 1/21/1981 | Bishnu Ram Medhi, chief minister of Assam and Governor of Madras, passed away. |
| 1/21/1981 | Guru Ramdasji died. His son Arjun Dev succeeded him and changed the offerings to the Guru into a regular tax. |
| 10/31/1997 | Balmiki Prasad Singh takes over as Union Home Secretary. He succeeds K. Padmanabhaiah. |
| 4/15/1976 | India announces it will send an envoy to Peking, first time in 15 years. |
| 7/25/1995 | India reaps a record harvest of food grain of 189.77 million tonnes ('94, 95). |
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