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Historical Event on 3/9/1989

Yasser Arafat, PLO Chairman, arrives on a two-day state visit to India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/13/1982Bindeshwari Prasad Mandal passed away.
10/1/1959Hon'ble Judge Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha became the Chief Justice of India. He helded this office till 31/01/1964.
5/12/1993Samsher Bahadur Singh, modern Hindi poet, passed away.
1/24/1950Dr. Rajendra Prasad became the first President of India.
9/14/1967US announces plan to give India $1.3 million to buy contraceptives.
2/20/1846Duleep Singh was recognised as the ruler. British captured Lahore.
10/16/1968Hargovind Khorana, Indian scientist, was awarded 1968 Nobel Prize for Medicine and Physiology on man-made synthetic gene.
4/30/1981C. R. Krishnaswamy Rao was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 08-02-1985.
10/26/1814British General Governor declared war against Nepal.
3/21/1976The Indian people have delivered a stinging rebuke to the woman who had ruled them without the benefit of a constitution for the past 19 months by dumping her from office in a landslide election. After 11 years of rule, Indira Gandhi has resigned, and in an uncharacteristically humble statement said she ""accepted the verdict unreservedly"" and promised ""constructive cooperation"" with the new government. The heads of the victorious parties immediately dropped the year-and-a-half-old state of emergency, freed political prisoners, and began negotiations over who would head the new government.