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Historical Event on 9/7/1996
First phase of J & K Assembly elections.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/17/1775 | Marathas were badly mauled in the battle of Arras by Col. Keating in the first Anglo - Maratha war. |
| 9/20/1886 | Kuladhor Chaliha, one of the pioneer Congress leaders of Assam, was born at Sibsagar. |
| 6/29/1997 | Anand wins Frankfurt chess classic '97 title in Germany. |
| 10/14/1956 | Dr. Bhimrao Ramji, Ambedkar and about two lakh scheduled caste men and women embraced Buddhism in Nagpur. |
| 12/6/1976 | Nana Patil, great revolutionary, passed away. |
| 11/25/1948 | National Cadet Corps was first established. |
| 10/29/2000 | Jitendra Prasada, senior Congress leader, files nomination papers for the party presidential polls setting the stage for a contest against the incumbent, Ms. Sonia Gandhi. |
| 7/9/1999 | Ashok Mitra (82), noted writer, academician and former bureaucrat, died in Calcutta. |
| 7/21/1947 | Indian Constitution Assembly accepted the tricolour flag as its National Flag. This flag is with three equal horizontal stripes of Saffron (Sacrifice), White (Truth) and Green (Prosperity) and a Chakra is superimposed on white (Dharma Chakra on the capitol of Ashoka's Pillar at Sarnath) in blue colour having 24 spokes. The ratio of the width to length is two to three. |
| 3/29/1982 | Delhi (707) beat Karnataka (705) on 1st innings to win Ranji Trophy. |
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