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Historical Event on 6/9/1964

Lal Bahadur Shastri became the second Prime Minister of India when the country was shocked of Jawaharlal Nehru's death and Indo-China war. Shastri gave the quotation ""Jai Jawan Jai Kisan"" which motivated the war-affected Indians to boost their morale. He remained in this office till he died on January 11, 1966 at Taskent. In his cabinet, Indira Gandhi served as Minister of Information and Broadcasting.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/9/1964Affonso de Albuquerque, who is regarded as the real founder of Portuguese power in India, died at the age of 73 years.
12/11/1968Indian born Har Govind Khorana receives the Nobel Price for medicine and physiology.
4/30/1981C. R. Krishnaswamy Rao was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 08-02-1985.
1/25/1950The post of the Governor General of India was abolished.
9/8/1910Saint Shri Gajanan Maharaj died.
6/30/1993AN-12 phasing out marked the end of a glorious chapter of transport operations in the IAF.
9/29/1993JD, JD(A) and SJP merge to fight BJP in the assembly elections.
3/28/1994G-15 summit opens with only six heads of Government in New Delhi.
3/26/1997Russia agrees to help India in developing a state-of-the-art integrated air defence system, even as the two agree to carry military cooperation into the 21st century during the visit of Prime Minister Deve Gowda.
6/9/1967Narayan Shripad Rajhans, alias Bal Gandharva, went into a coma in Bombay and never regained his consciousness.