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Historical Event on 1/9/1841
John Gil Christ, founder of Fort William College Calcutta, passed away at Paris.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/21/1995 | Medium range 'Akash', surface-to-air-missile, flight trial successful. |
| 7/17/1893 | Lokmanya Tilak was arrested for 18 months. |
| 3/29/1977 | S. N. Mathur became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 02/05/77). |
| 2/2/1952 | India won first cricket Test Match at Chepauk Stadium, Madras. |
| 10/13/1905 | Sister Nivedita died. |
| 9/17/1885 | Keshav Sitaram Thakrey, journalist, social reformer and historian, was born. |
| 12/17/1938 | Charuchandra Bandopadhyay, famous Bengali story writer and novelist, died. |
| 1/1/1989 | This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Year of the Young Reader"". |
| 5/11/1998 | Three momentous events took place on the day that did the nation proud. Firstly, three underground nuclear tests at Pokhran Range in Rajasthan, which included a hydrogen bomb, were tested; secondly, the successful test firing of the 'Trishul Missile' and thirdly, the maiden Certification test flight of 'Hansa-3', the first-all Composite indigenous two seater aircraft. |
| 11/24/1932 | The Third Round Table Conference ended in London. As Gandhi was in prison because of his civil disobedience movement he could not attend it. This conference ended without achieving anything. |
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