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Historical Event on 6/9/1923
K. Alagirisami, famous journalist, playwright and story writer, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/19/1977 | Earthquake measuring 7.7-8.9 on the Richter Scale hits Indian Ocean. It is believed to be the strongest ever earthquake. |
| 12/10/1913 | The Nobel prize for literature was awarded this year to Rabindranath Tagore, the Bengali poet from India. |
| 9/29/1725 | Robert Clive, one of the founders of British empire in India and diplomat, was born. |
| 7/21/1977 | Neelam Sanjiva Reddi was elected as the President of India. |
| 3/1/1995 | Iftikar, famous character actor, died. |
| 7/18/1993 | Girilal Jain, 71, The Times of India editor, died. |
| 8/22/1993 | Gundu Rao, former Chief Minister of Karnataka, died. He was 56. |
| 6/15/1907 | Narayan Ganesh Goray, freedom fighter and socialist, was born at Hindala (Maharashtra). |
| 11/27/1935 | Prakash Bhandari, cricketer (3 Tests for India in mid-50's, 77 runs), was born in Delhi |
| 11/12/1969 | Indira Gandhi, who was expelled from Congress for indiscipline during President elections, made a large split and formed her own Congress Party with Jagjivan Ram as President. The party is recognised as Congress (I). |
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