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Historical Event on 3/9/1931

Karansingh, politician, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/22/1899Dilipkumar Roy, classical musician, was born.
3/3/1919Hari Narayan Apte, famous Marathi novelist, passed away.
5/19/1971Indian Navy's first submarine station started at 'Veer Bahu' in Visakhapatanam.
8/21/1931Pandit Vishnu Dingambar Paluskar, famous singer and the blind musician of Maharashtra, passed away.
3/11/1915Vijay Samuel Hazare, cricketer (prolific Indian batsman 1946-54), was born in Sangli, Maharashtra.
6/15/1991General Election (10th) of India ends. In this election Indian National Congress won.
12/3/1971Hostilities broke out between India and Pakistan. On the very night that hostilities commenced, with Pakistan bombing several air fields, IN Ships 'Rajput' and 'Akshay' were leaving Vishakapatnam harbour when they obtained a sonar contact. They fired several depth charges and proceeded on their mission when there was no further evidence of a submarine's presence. Thereafter, a loud explosion of rattling windows panes off the Vishakapatnam beach was heard . The Pakistani submarine 'Ghazi' (a Tench class submarine obtained from the USA in 1964) had come to grief.
12/14/1999G.M.C. Balayogi, Lok Sabha speaker, presents a draft for over Rs. 32 lakhs to the Prime Minister for the Kargil Fund.
12/26/1989India debars Bofors from future contracts until they come out clean.
5/23/1996In second phase of elections in Kashmir valley, Anantnag and Baramulla parliamentary constituencies go to the polls.