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Historical Event on 3/9/1961
Vishnu Sahay was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 15-04-1962.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/3/1880 | Publication of 'Illustrated Weekly of India' started. |
| 6/29/1976 | Sandhya Chib, Miss India-Universe (1996), was born. |
| 6/23/1942 | Jabbar Patel, film producer, was born. |
| 10/9/1994 | Kamal Bose, great photographer, died. |
| 11/13/1901 | War Secretary Brodrick claimed that Boers were killing natives in large numbers. He intended to withdraw troops from India to fight in S. Africa at London. |
| 6/14/1958 | Dr. C.V. Raman receives the Lenin Peace Prize in Kremlin. |
| 8/20/1828 | Brahmo Samaj, the first movement to initiate religio-social reforms, was founded by Ram Mohun Roy (1772-1833) in Calcutta. Influenced by Islam and Christianity, Roy denounced polytheism, idol worship, repudiated the Vedas, avataras, karma and reincarnation, caste and more. The first session of Adi Brahmo Samaj was held in the rented house by Kamal Bose of Chitpore Road in Jorasanko area in Calcutta. |
| 5/2/1985 | Banarsidas Chaturvedi, famous writer and journalist, passed away. |
| 1/10/1975 | India accords recognition to the Palestine Liberation Organization. |
| 11/18/1955 | Nicolai Bulganin and Nikita Khrushchev, top USSR Soviet leaders, first time came to New Delhi. |
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