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Historical Event on 9/4/1927
World fliers reach Karachi, India.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/11/1919 | Troops under General Barrett inflicted a sharp reverse today on the invading Afghans at Bagh Springs. The whole of the frontier area was up in arms with tribesmen threatening Landi Khotal and martial law being proclaimed in Peshawar. It was expected however that General Barrett, well equipped with guns and airplanes, would soon control the situation. Reports had been reaching London for some time about the possibility of an Afghan incursion following the murder of the pro-British Emir Habibullah. His third son, Amanullah Khan, who took over the throne, was known to be hostile toward the government of India. |
| 5/24/1991 | The body of Rajiv Gandhi, India's assassinated former premier and son of the late Indira Gandhi, was cremated in New Delhi today. He was killed by a suicide bomber in the southern state of Tamil Nadu three days ago. Police suspect that Tamil rebels, fighting for independence in Sri Lanka, carried out the murder. Gandhi's death signaled the end of the Nehru dynasty's rule over India. His two children were too young to assume the leadership of this turbulent nation. There was pressure for Sonia Gandhi to succeed her husband, but she was Italian-born and refused. |
| 10/1/1993 | The IAF joined in peace keeping duties in Somalia as part of the Indian contingent supporting UN operations. |
| 5/29/1992 | Agni-India's IRB missile successfully test-fired from Orissa coast for the first time since May 22, 1989. |
| 8/1/1672 | The East India Company and the English law was for the first time intorduced in India. It was set up as directed by the Court of Judicature. |
| 3/11/1975 | Battle between Marathas and Nizam at Kharda. |
| 9/12/1992 | Mallikarjun Bhimramayya Mansoor, famous Hindustani classical vocalist of Jaipur Gharana, died in Dharward, Karnataka at the age of 81 years. |
| 7/10/1994 | Ramrao Raghoba Rane, Paramveer Chakra awardee, died. |
| 2/17/1994 | Former US Congressman Stephan Solarz named Ambassador of India. |
| 11/14/1967 | Saba Karim, Indian ODI wicket-keeper 1997, was born. |
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