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Historical Event on 7/9/1996
A Delhi court summoned former Prime Minister Narsimha Rao to face trial as an accused in the Lakhubhai Pathak cheating case in which godman Chandraswami was already facing trial.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/24/2000 | S. Vijayalakshmi becomes the first Indian woman Grandmaster in the International Grandmasters chess tournament held in Hyderabad. |
| 9/9/1947 | Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy, great philosopher, linguist, art historian, painter and critic, died at Needham, Boston. |
| 1/5/1974 | Virendranath Dasgupta, great revolutionary, died. |
| 2/12/1928 | Bardoli Satyagrah (Gujarat) was led by Vallabhbhai Patel against the Bombay government's decision to hike the revenue on cotton by 22 percent while its prices declined Internationally. Ultimately the govenment quashed the hike. |
| 10/3/1988 | Lebanese kidnappers release Mithileshwar Singh after 30 months of being held captive. |
| 6/9/1980 | M. G. Ramachandran's second AIADMK ministry takes office. |
| 1/29/1997 | Fire engulfs most of the three top floors of the Express Towers, skyrise building owned by Indian Express group in Mumbai. |
| 7/26/1922 | Girilal Jain, famous journalist and editor, was born. |
| 8/18/1700 | Bajirao I, the second peshwa, was born. |
| 7/17/1976 | Mudliyar A. Ramaswami, Padmabhushan awardee, politician and industrialist, passed away. |
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