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Historical Event on 2/9/1942
Chiang Kai-Shek meets Sir Stafford Cripps, British Viceroy in India.
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| 12/25/1972 | Chakravarti Rajagopalachari, great revolutionary freedom fighter, social worker, eminent litterateur, first Indian Governor General and the founder President of Swatantra Party, passed away. |
| 9/17/1960 | Agreement reached with Pakistan on the distribution of the River Indus and its tributaries. |
| 7/24/1996 | Govt. decides to raise the ceiling on the maximum amount of retirement/death gratuity from Rs. 1 lakh to Rs. 2.50 lakhs. |
| 9/21/1938 | Prof. Raghuveer Singh Rathore, Cricket Test umpire for one test in 1990-91, was born in Rajasthan. |
| 11/14/1926 | Piloo H. Mody, social reformer, politician and architect, was born at Bombay. |
| 4/29/1639 | Delhi's Red fort construction commenced by laying the Foundation Stone by Shah Jahan. This fort was completed on May 13, 1646. |
| 5/31/1818 | Samachar Darpan, the first vernacular newspaper, was published in Bengali language by Carey and Marshman from Serampore. |
| 10/13/1971 | Hitesh Modi, cricketer (Kenyan left-handed batsman 1996 World Cup), was born. |
| 1/25/1917 | Captain P.K. Sahgal, freedom fighter who attended Indian Military Academy course at Dehradun, was born at Hoshiarpur. |
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