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Historical Event on 9/9/1952

Kishorlal Ghanshamlal Mashruwala, great thinker and philosopher of Gandhi era, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/18/1913Gandhiji refers in ''Indian Opinion'' the possibility of return home to India by mid-year.
2/14/1959Nehru tells the International Conference on Planned Parenthood that Indian family planning efforts have not stopped population growth.
4/2/1980S. S. Grewal was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 30-04-1981.
3/15/1901Guru Hanuman was born at Jhunjhunu, Rajasthan. He was the pioneer and contributor of wrestling in India. He was bestowed with the Padamshri in 1983. His pupil Satpal and Kartar Singh won Gold Medals in Asian Games.
8/23/1995First ever cellular phone service begins in Calcutta.
4/6/1997Gen. Kofi Annan,UN Secretary, arrives in New Delhi for NAM conference.
11/29/1961First cosmonaut of the world, Yuri Gagarin of Russia, came to India.
10/26/1952Pakistan's first Test cricket win vs India. Fazal Mahmood took 12 wkts .
2/18/1988Jan Nayak Karpoori Thakur, freedom fighter, political leader, great social reformer, teacher and national president of Samyukta Socialist Party, passed away.
1/14/1991Chitragupta, famous film music director, passed away.