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Historical Event on 12/9/1993

Virbhadra Singh sworn in as Congress CM of Himachal Pradesh.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/17/1932The Third Round Table Conference began in London. It was not attended by the Congress as the real Indian participation in the making of the constitution was negligible. Since Gandhi was in prison because of his civil disobedience movement he could not attend it either. This conference ended on 24th November 1932 without achieving anything.
1/17/1952The pension work of CDA (Factories), Calcutta and the Defence civilians in ordnance factories was transferred to the office of the CDA (P), Allahabad.
5/22/1997At least 40 persons are killed and over 300 injured in an earthquake which hit Jabalpur city.
6/12/1894Busushottam Vishwanath Bapat, internationally famed Pali language expert, translator and editor, was born.
9/30/1989INS Shalki, India's first indigenously built submarine, launched in Bombay.
6/8/199255-60\% polling takes place in the Andhra, Bihar, W. Bengal and Delhi by-elections.
1/22/1886Harikrishna Premi, Hindi writer, passed away.
2/24/1994Sharp increase in freight rates in the 1994-95 Railway budget; Pre-budget Economic Survey puts GDP growth in 1993-94 at 3.8\%.
6/11/1983Ghanshyam Das Birla, great freedom fighter, social reformer, pioneer of Indian business, industry, and nationalist, died at London at the age of 89.
6/2/1965The second of 2 cyclones in less than a month kills 35,000 (Ganges R India).