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Historical Event on 9/1/1976

Indira Gandhi asks for sweeping new powers at New Delhi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/1/1953Bombay Government decides to abolish ''jagirs'' in merged areas.
9/15/1997Prasar Bharati Act comes into force seeking to free Doordarshan and Akashvani from government control.
8/29/1975Adinath Lahiri, leading geologist, passed away.
8/10/2000Arjuna Ranatunga, former Sri Lankan cricket captain, retires from international cricket.
3/26/1931New Delhi replaces Calcutta as capital of British-Indies.
6/22/1897The Chafekar brothers, Damodar and Balkrishna, shot British Officer Rand in Pune. This event played a very important role in the revolutionary freedom fighter.
4/10/1996Delhi High Court bans the import of toxic waste in India.
7/26/1956Godavarish Mishra, famous Oriya poet, playwright and essay writer, died.
9/3/2000National Cricket Academy (NCA) wins the MRF Buchi Babu Cricket tournament in Chennai.
2/18/1836Swami Ramakrishna Paramahansa(1836-86), was born early morning in Kamarpukur village in Hooghly district, West Bengal. His real name was Gadadhar Chatterji. He was God-intoxicated Bengali Shakta saint, Guru of Swami Vivekananda. He exemplified the bhakti dimension of 'Shakta Universalism'.