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Historical Event on 9/6/1903

Russia increases import duties on Indian and Ceylon tea in retaliation for British import policies in Moscow.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/19/1945Gandhiji lays foundation stone of C. F. Andrews' Memorial Hospital at Santiniketan.
8/20/1998The Punjab and Haryana High Court upholds the conviction of former Punjab DGP K.P.S. Gill for outraging the modesty of an IAS officer Mrs. Rupan Deol Bajaj.
2/8/1936Manohar Shankar Hardikar, cricketer (batted in 2 Tests India vs West Indies in 1958-59), was born in Baroda.
4/1/1992ESI ceiling of Rs. 3000 comes into effect.
5/28/1964A slow-moving funeral cortege containing the body of Jawaharlal Nehru inched through the streets of New Delhi today. A million and a half Indians lined the route to pay final respects to their beloved leader.
9/17/1950Govt. grants diplomatic recognition to Israel.
1/29/1976Parliament approves permanent government and censorship of newspapers at New Delhi.
2/16/1933Surya Sen Masterda, revolutionary freedom fighter, who attacked the Armoury of Chittagong with 62 men of the Indian Republican Army and was underground on Jalalabad Hills, was arrested.
5/7/1834East India Company annexed Coorg. King Raja Veer Rajendra, who was a cruel ruler, after formally declaring a war had captured Durg State.
6/18/1992Congress (I) chooses Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma as Presidential candidate.