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Historical Event on 1/9/1889

Dr. Vrindavanlal Varma, famous Hindi writer and social reformer, was born in Jhansi. He mainly wrote historical and social novels, most famouse being ""Mriganainee"".

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5/2/1996Controversial godman Chandraswami arrested and sent to high security Tihar jail on a day's judicial custody by a Delhi court for allegedly cheating NRI businessman Lakhubhai Pathak of $1 lakh in 1983.
9/22/1992Harshad Mehta released after 110 days in jail.
5/28/1997Former Union Ministers Arjun Singh, N.D. Tiwari, R.K. Dhawan and Madhavrao Scindia discharged in the Jain hawala case by special judge V.B. Gupta.
6/17/1933The civil disobedience campaign ended.
4/18/1998Dr. A. R. Kidwai is appointed Governor of West Bengal.
4/16/2000India wins the second leg of the pre-olympic hockey tournament at Perth.
10/31/2000The Income Tax Department 'indicts' five cricketers - Kapil Dev, Ajay Jadeja, Manoj Prabhakar, Nikhil Chopra and Ajay Sharma - for tax evasion and concealment of income earned through ""dubious sources'
11/28/1990Union Cabinet approves re-induction of Airbus A-320 in the domestic sector.
9/24/1997E. S. Venkataramiah (72), former Chief Justice of India, died in Bangalore.