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Historical Event on 1/9/1916

Ramkrishna Ramnarayan Ruia, great industrialist, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/5/1989Dalai Lama was honoured with the Nobel Peace Prize (1989).
8/15/1997IWM Vijayalakshmi wins Asian Zonal Women's Chess tournament in Tehran.
1/11/1973Rahul Dravid, cricket batsman, was born in Indore.
10/10/1990Following political uncertainties in the wake of Veerendra Patil's decision to stay on in defiance of Congress Party's decision, President's rule was imposed in Karnataka.
8/4/1929Kishor Kumar Ganguly, well known singer, was born at Khandava. He is also rememberd as a comic actor, director and musician.
11/25/1990Sri Lanka all out at 82, Venkatapathy Raju (I) 6-12 off 17.5 overs.
5/7/1849Bethune College of Calcutta was established in the upper class families and it was started for female education.
1/1/1973Indian General Insurance Corporation nationalised.
12/22/1995A Russian-made AN-26 plane forced to land in Bombay following an Intelligence Bureau tip off that it could be the suspected aircraft which dropped arms at Purulia.
1/5/1948Parthasarathy Harishchandra Sharma, cricketer (Indian batsman of the mid-70's), was born in Alwar, Rajasthan.