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Historical Event on 2/9/1951

The first census of free India of enumeration work was started.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/12/2000Huge voter turnout for Congress Presidential poll. Seven top BSF and IAF officials die after their MI8 helicopter crashes near Lakhpat in the Rann of Kutch in Gujarat.
9/11/1921Subramania Bharati, freedom fighter, Tamil poet and editor, passed away at an early age of 39.
10/10/2000The world's first elected woman Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranaike died of heart attack in Colombo.
6/13/1909E. M. S. Namboodiripad was born in Palghat in Kerala.
2/26/1887Sir Benegal Narsingh Rao, an eminent lawyer and political leader, was born. He was the first Indian President of UN Security Council in 1950.
7/5/1994Kiran Bedi, Delhi IG, wins Magsaysay Award.
7/10/1999The Delhi police arrest Mohammad Javed alias Babu Bhai, an accused in the Jain Hawala case.
10/21/1954Government of India and France sign an agreement for the de-facto transfer of the French settlement of Pondicherry, Karaikal, Mahe to the Indian Union. The merger took place on November 1.
11/29/1994M.H. Kania, former Chief Justice of India made Chairman of the 14th Law Commission.
6/1/1992Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Academy established at Satara.