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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
4/24/1993IA's Delhi-Srinagar Boeing with 141 persons, hijacked by a Kashmiri militant lands, in Amritsar.
6/24/1990Defence scientists successfully test fired country's first third generation anti-tank missile 'NAG'.
8/4/1993Swami Chinmayananda, master in study of Bhagwadgita, died at the age of 76 in San Diego.
1/31/1992The Securities and Exchange Board of India given statutory power as an autonomous body.
1/31/1992General Malik Kafur returns to Delhi after campaign in South India.
9/8/1982Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah, former Chief Minister of Kashmir, who dominated the political scene of Jammu and Kashmir for 50 years, died. He was 77.
6/20/1873Young Men Christian Association of India was established in Calcutta.
12/1/1999Supreme Court quashes a pending inquiry initiated by the Election Commission against former Union Finance Minister Manmohan Singh.
4/22/1994Sushil, great Jain Muni Acharya, passed away.
5/18/1932Hindu-Muslim riots take place in Bombay. 150 are killed or injured. Jinnah - the permanent president of the Muslim league, began to spread the rumors that Muslim minority was in danger under Hindu majority and actively propagated the theory of two separate nations.