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Historical Event on 2/9/1942
Chiang Kai-Shek meets Sir Stafford Cripps, British Viceroy in India.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/25/1999 | An Indian Airlines aircraft with 187 passengers on board is hijacked. The plane was going from Katmandu to New Delhi. It lands near Abu Dhabi after several hops. |
| 9/26/1932 | Dr. Manmohan Singh, former finance minister, economist and Governor of R.B.I., was born. |
| 6/4/1926 | Dalai Lama introduces a tax on ears for Tibetans to equip the army. Those with only one ear will pay half the tax. |
| 7/2/1992 | Six new ministers inducted into the Union Cabinet. |
| 2/7/1975 | Banke Bihar, mystery and religious story writer, passed away. |
| 5/17/1887 | Ranglal Bandopadhyay, Bengali poet, essay-writer and journalist, passed away. |
| 5/18/1999 | R. B. Sapre, India's first national chess champion, died in Mumbai. |
| 7/17/1937 | Delhi-Calcutta Express Train derailed near Patna killing 95. |
| 8/29/1905 | Major Dhyanchand was born in a Rajput family at Prayag at Uttar Pradesh. He is remembered as a Master of Hockey. India celebrates this day as National Sports Day. |
| 7/27/1889 | Branch of Indian National Congress, 'British India Committee' , was established under the leadership of Dadabhai Navroji. |
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