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Historical Event on 3/9/1897

Fans start calling the team 'Indians' (in 1915 it became official).

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/25/1948French India Peoples' Convention, Pondicherry, passed a resolution for complete merger of the French India with the Dominion of India. - G. V. Mavlankar was elected the first Speaker of the Indian Parliament.
11/10/1992Attorney General G. Ramaswamy, under cloud for his dealings with Standard Chartered Bank, resigns.
10/31/1991Karsevaks' hoist flags on Masjid in Ayodhya.
8/17/1947The first British troop leaves for England after Indian independence.
6/5/1929S.V. Subramanian, great Hindi writer, was born at Virakeralanpudur, Tamil Nadu.
7/31/1933Gandhiji was arrested from Sabarmati Ashram and imprisoned without trial.
1/25/1988Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Dr. Marudu Gopalan Ramachandran, MGR (Posthumous) (1917-1987).
1/15/1898Nanasaheb Ramji Tawde, educationist and scientist, was born at Taluq Malvan, Maharashtra.
3/2/1997Michel Camdessus, Managing Director, IMF, congratulates India on its pursuit of steady and higher economic growth.
10/30/1883Swami Dayanand Saraswati, founder of Arya Samaj, died in Ajmer.