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Historical Event on 1/9/1996

PM unveils India's state-of-the-art Main Battle Rank (MBT) `Arjun' at a New Delhi function.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/15/1948Purushottamdas Tandon was honoured with the title of 'Rajashri' at a huge rally by Devaraha Baba. He was awarded the Prestigious 'Bharat Ratna' award.
8/23/1933Mahatma Gandhi was released from government detention in the Poona Civil Hospital after doctors warned that his fast was endangering his life. Gandhi, who undertook the fast eight days ago in protest over being arrested again by British authorities, weighed 90 pounds at the time of his release. There was considerable speculation over what the nationalist leader would do upon regaining his strength, but the common assumption was that he would be arrested again by the British authorities if he resumed his civil disobedience.
6/11/1997Jaspal Rana and J. Abhijit in the men's section and Nisha Millet in the women's section adjudged best sports persons of the National Games.
4/17/1975Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan, India's second president, died at Madras.
4/13/1984Kerala Government drops Silent Valley Project and declares the entire area a national park.
9/25/195414 Members of Parliament (MP) form a new party called the Union of Socialist Progress. Acharya Kripalani is the leader.
2/20/2000India-born Mr. Ujjal Dosanjh (52), leader of New Democratic Party, sworn in Canada's first Indo-Canadian Premier of British Columbia.
5/1/1983V. N. Swamy, pace bowler without distinction in one Test for India, passed away.
11/8/1991K.P.S. Gill reappointed DGP in Punjab.
11/29/2000India strikes a counter-trade oil deal with Iraq as part of an effort to build a strategic relationship with Baghdad.