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Historical Event on 1/9/1982

A group of 21 Indian scientists team led by S. Z. Qasim started for the first ever Antarctica expedition on December 1981 - Jan 1982.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/29/1976Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam of Bengal, great revolutionary, died on his visit to Dhaka in Bangladesh.
7/27/1972Charu Majumdar, father of Naxalite Movement and the founder President of C.O.I.(M-L), died in prison.
10/3/1992Geet Sethi beats holder Mike Russel of Britain (2529-718) to become the first Indian to win the World Professional Billiards championship in Bombay.
6/3/1947British Government issued the partition plan, which was worked out by Lord Louis Mountbatten in New Delhi and was accepted by both Muslim League and Congress. The salient features of the partition were, 1) Provices of Bengal and Punjab to be divided., 2) The Indians will form the constitution of India and it will only be applicable in the areas where people accept it., 3) The province of Baluchistan shall adopt proper ways to decide its future., 4) 562 Princely States shall be free to decide their own future., 5) Referendum shall be held in N.W.F.P. and Assam., 6) The Governor General of both countries shall be the executive head of their respective countries., 7) Military assets shall be divided between the two countries and 8) Red Cliff Mission was setup, to demarcate the boundaries of the two countries. India would become free on 15th August 1947.
6/21/1994The Janata Dal splits again, 14 of its 39 Lok Sabha members seek separate seats as a group.
12/14/1984First MIG 27M aircraft assembled by Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. takes off.
9/7/1931Meena Mangeshkar, famous playback singer, was born.
4/29/1997R. N. Malhotra, 71, former RBI Governor, died.
1/21/1924Professor Madhu Dandavate, former Finance Minister, was born at Ahmednagar.
5/29/1992Agni-India's IRB missile successfully test-fired from Orissa coast for the first time since May 22, 1989.