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Historical Event on 9/9/1993

Narsimha Rao, Prime Minister, arrived in Seoul for a three-day visit.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/25/1964Anil Kaul, Canadian badminton player (Olympics-96), was born in Amritsar, India.
7/13/1905Gandhiji opposes Bengal Partition, supports boycott of British goods. During Gokhale Lajpat Rai's deputation to Britain, he appeals to Colonial statesmen to treat India ""an integral part of the Empire"" with consideration. Sanjeevan, weekly from Calcutta, also raised the motto to boycott British Goods.
12/12/2000A special court for CBI cases rejects Hinduja brothers' plea and summons them to appear on January 19, 2001.
5/28/1972Edward VIII, King of Great Britain/N Ireland/emperor (India 1936), passed away at the age of 77.
1/31/1997INS Vikrant, Indian Navy's first aircraft carrier, de-commissioned.
11/16/1877Ardaseer Cursetjee Wadia, professor, pioneer and innovator, died. He was the first Indian who was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society, London. He introduced lighting by gas and was the first to build ""INDUS"", a steam-ship in India in 1833. He also introduced sewing machine, photography and electro-plat
8/4/1979Indian Airlines AVRO-748 crashes in to a hill near Bombay.
9/23/1858Grant Duf, historian who studied Maratha history, died.
8/21/2000Mahatma Gandhi's daughter-in-law Mrs. Nirmala Gandhi dies in Wardha. She was 91.
5/26/1739Afghanistan was separated from the Indian empire as a result of a treaty signed between Mughal Emperor Muhammad Shah and Nadir Shah.