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Historical Event on 3/9/1836
Navalram Lakshmiram Pandya, famous writer and Gujrati critic , was born.
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| 3/12/1992 | A devastating wave of car-bomb explosions killed an estimated 300 people and injured hundreds more today in the large western Indian port city of Bombay. The first blast ripped through the city's stock exchange building, and minutes later a dozen slightly less powerful explosions rocked the bustling city center.The bomb attacks appeared to have been part of a carefully planned operation.The devices were clearly meant to cause maximum loss of life and damage to property. |
| 10/28/1911 | Mutyalswami Muniswami Naidu, cricket Test umpire, one test in 1951-52, was born at Vadodara, Gujarat. |
| 8/20/1909 | Urmila Devi Shastri, freedom fighter, was born at Srinagar. |
| 7/16/1931 | C. T. Studd, 69, died. He was an English missionary, one of the 'Cambridge Seven,' who worked on the mission field in China, India and Central Africa. |
| 4/14/1914 | Takli Shivshankar, famous Malyalam novelist and short story writer, was born. |
| 10/24/1995 | A total eclipse of the sun witnessed from India to Vietnam. |
| 1/27/1927 | Michael Craig, actor (Escape 2000, Vault of Horror), was born in Pune. |
| 10/5/1990 | Dr. Rajkumar Varma, famous Hindi journalist and playwright, died. |
| 8/9/1971 | A 20-year non-aggression treaty for peace, friendship and co-operation was signed between India and U.S.S.R. |
| 12/11/1906 | Mysore Gururaj Vijayasarathi, cricket Test umpire for 13 tests from 1951-60, was born in Karnataka. |
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