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Historical Event on 7/9/1873
Henry Albert John Gidney, greatest leader and politician, was born in Igatpuri, Maharashtra.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/20/1873 | Young Men Christian Association of India was established in Calcutta. |
| 10/22/1912 | Gandhiji accompanied Gokhale on tour of South Africa, Laurenco Marques, Mozambique and Zanzibar. He gave up European dress and milk and restricted himself to diet of fresh and dried fruits. |
| 4/24/1888 | Bishnu Ram Medhi, chief minister of Assam and Governor of Madras, was born at Hajo. |
| 11/24/1963 | Marotrao Kannamwar, former Chief Minister of Maharashtra, passed away. |
| 12/25/1936 | Ismail Merchant, producer (Householder), was born in Bombay, India. |
| 4/26/1920 | Srinivas Ramanujam, famous Indian mathematician, passed away at Chetpet in Madras. |
| 7/12/1960 | Ranchi University was established. |
| 5/1/1946 | Joanna Lumley, actress (Abs Fab, OHM's Secret Service), was born in Kashmir, India. |
| 3/21/1976 | The Indian people have delivered a stinging rebuke to the woman who had ruled them without the benefit of a constitution for the past 19 months by dumping her from office in a landslide election. After 11 years of rule, Indira Gandhi has resigned, and in an uncharacteristically humble statement said she ""accepted the verdict unreservedly"" and promised ""constructive cooperation"" with the new government. The heads of the victorious parties immediately dropped the year-and-a-half-old state of emergency, freed political prisoners, and began negotiations over who would head the new government. |
| 10/3/1906 | Govind Vinayak Devansthali, Sanskrit researcher, dictionary creator, professor and journalist, was born in Bombay. |
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