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Historical Event on 6/9/1986

ICMR set up a network of Reference/Surveillance Centres for AIDS in almost all states of India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/3/1954Over 350 Hindus trampled to death in a stampede at religious rites at New Delhi.
12/31/1706Francois Martin, founder of Pondicherry and was its first Governor General, died. He founded Pondicherry, the future capital of French India in 1674.
1/31/1969Saint Meherbaba passed away.
11/18/1974Telex Service started between India and Pakistan.
11/12/1984Rajiv Gandhi elected Congress (I) President.
4/22/1915Hem Barua, famous Assami and English litterateur, was born.
5/1/1964Ravishankar University was established at Raipur in Madhya Pradesh.
3/27/1942Gandhiji meets Sir Stafford Cripps in New Delhi; later declares Cripps proposals to be a ""post-dated cheque"".
5/18/1974Jayaprakash Narayan led a procession against economic conditions in Patna. There was lathi charged and he issued a call for total revolution. He also started the 'Citizens for Democracy' movement.
8/22/1993Gundu Rao, former Chief Minister of Karnataka, died. He was 56.