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Historical Event on 4/9/1986

First University in India devoted to hygiene established at Vijaywada.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/30/1909Gandhiji reaches South Africa.
8/30/1751Sir Robert Clive exhibited a heroic feat when the British troops captured Arcot form Chanda Saheb.
4/14/1990Over 90 persons killed in an Airbus crash in Bangalore.
5/15/1997Yaseen Malik, All-Party Hurriyat Conference leader, was released from Tihar jail.
5/10/1981The first day and night cricket match of India was played at the flood-lit ground of the Wilson College Gymkhana (Bombay).
9/24/1938Piloo Dara Reporter, cricket test umpire for 10 tests from 1984-87, was born in Mumbai. He was the first ever test umpire to be invited in a foreign country along with V. K. Ramaswamy also of India.
6/8/1915Geeta Rahasya', written by Lokmanya Tilak, published.
5/28/1968Bhagwan Gopinathji Bhan, was a mystic saint of early 20th century Kashmir in India. He has been called a ""jivanmukta"" (liberated soul) or ""Aghoreshwar"" and his spiritual state has been described as ""Shambhavi Avastha"" (state of Shiva), died. He was a great devotee of Shiva and Shakti and took intense "Sadhana". His disciples and devotees set up an ashram at Kharyar in Srinagar in his name.
7/16/1931C. T. Studd, 69, died. He was an English missionary, one of the 'Cambridge Seven,' who worked on the mission field in China, India and Central Africa.
10/3/2000India and Russia sign a declaration on strategic partnership.