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Historical Event on 1/9/1922

Har Gobind Khurana, scientist of Biology, was born in India. He did his M.Sc from University of Punjab and, for higher education went to University of Liverpool. In 1959, he produced a chemical called ""Coenzymea"", which is essential for certain processes in the human body. He was awarded Nobel Prize for medicine in 1968 along with Marshall W. Nirenberg and Robert W. Halley.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/27/1978Lord Mountbatten died in an explosion near Ireland.
2/8/1921Chamber prince of a Royal Proclamation was inaugurated.
9/21/1895Annapurnanand, great writer, was born.
1/5/1994Tamil Nadu Assembly passes two bills making the Chief Minister, the Chancellor of all universities instead of the Governor.
9/26/1820Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar (Banerji), great Indian educationist, social reformer, litterateur, father of Bengali prose and who gave the Bengalees their first Primer in 1855, was born in the village of Birsingha in Midnapore district of Bengal.
7/20/1969Varahagiri Venkatagiri retired from the post of President.
9/22/1891Gangopadhyay Taraknath, famous novelist in Bengal, passed away.
1/1/1966Vimal Roy, film maker and producer, passed away.
6/3/1930George John Fernandes, social reformer and politician, was born in Mangalore (Karnataka).
5/18/1972Kokan Krishi (Agriculture) University was established.