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Historical Event on 9/7/1999
India rejects Pakistan demand for a East Timor type of referendum in Kashmir.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/25/1992 | Mi-4 was re-equipped with the mighty Mi-35 Squadron and was renamed as 104-Helicopter Squadron. |
| 5/5/1947 | Gandhiji denies in an interview that communal division of India is inevitable. |
| 10/26/1995 | India decides to go ahead with Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme in the wake of US stand to supply $370 million arms package to Pakistan. |
| 12/8/1980 | Soviet President Leonid Brezhnev visits New Delhi. |
| 2/8/1994 | Kapil Dev sets world record for Test Cricket wickets with 432. |
| 6/30/1981 | President's rule imposed in Assam. |
| 8/9/1902 | King Edward VII was crowned the emperor of Great Britain at Westminster Abbey after the death of his mother Queen Victoria. Earlier, he had held a grand function in which nearly 4,56,000 invitees celebrated this royal feast. |
| 12/9/1946 | The first meeting of Constitutional Committee Assembly was held in Parliment after a gap of two years, 11 months and 17 days. The Congress started its work of framing the Indian Constitution. Muslim League boycott failed to prevent Constituent Assembly opening. From 16th August 1946, the country witnessed communal riots on an unprecedented scale. At this crucial juncture, on 20th February 1947, Clement Atlee the British prime minister, fixed June 1948 as a deadline for transfer of power and Lord Mountbatten was appointed as the new Viceroy. |
| 1/11/1975 | Oil struck in third Bombay High rig. |
| 5/9/1996 | J. Jayalalitha, Tamil Nadu CM, resigns. |
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