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Historical Event on 9/10/1920
Subramhanyam Bharti, national poet in Tamil language, orator, author, editor, philosopher and revolutionary, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/18/1972 | Tiger was adopted as India's 'National Animal' |
| 4/1/1998 | Prabhat Kumar, a 1963 batch IAS officer, was appointed as the new Cabinet Secretary of India. He succeeded T.S.R. Subramaniam and held the office till 31-10-2000. |
| 4/3/1914 | Sam Hormuj Framji Jamshedji Manekshaw, India's first Field Marshal, was born. He was better known as ""Sam Manekshaw"". |
| 11/23/1991 | Bhaskaracharya Research Institute established at Dhule. |
| 12/12/1971 | The first aerial victory was when MiG-21FLs of No. 47 Squadron shot down a PAF F-104 over the Gulf of Kutch and this was followed by three more victories in quick succession on 17 December, when MiG-21FLs of No. 29 Squadron escorting HF-24 Maruts, shot down intercepting F-104s near Uttarlai in the Rajasthan desert in gun-missile encounters, while a third F-104, on an intruding mission, was shot down by another MiG 21FL of No.29 Squadron. |
| 5/13/1648 | Construction of the Red Fort at Dehli was completed. |
| 9/7/1905 | Raghunath Govind Sardesai, journalist and Marathi litterateur, was born. |
| 1/1/1989 | This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Year of the Young Reader"". |
| 11/6/1930 | First Round Table Conference held at London. |
| 9/8/1897 | Lokmanya Tilak charged in anti-national activity case. |
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