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Historical Event on 1/9/1996

PM unveils India's state-of-the-art Main Battle Rank (MBT) `Arjun' at a New Delhi function.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/11/1992Marathi cinema's Bhaichandra Govind Pendharkar gets Phalke Award.
6/5/1966Indian rupee devalued by 36.5 percent.
8/2/1987Vishwanathan Anand becomes the first Asian to win the World Junior Chess championship.
5/5/1972Loknathan P. S., great economist, passed away.
10/3/1906Govind Vinayak Devansthali, Sanskrit researcher, dictionary creator, professor and journalist, was born in Bombay.
10/10/1995G. R Khairnar, the high profile suspended Deputy Municipal Commissioner of Bombay, was reinstated.
10/28/1998The 1997 B.C. Roy National Award was presented to 18 medical experts.
12/4/1998Christians across the country observe a protest day against the recent attacks on the community and its institutions.
4/10/1875Swami Dayanand Saraswati established the Arya Samaj at Bombay and in 1877 in Lahore.
3/23/1982Annasaheb Patil, father of Maratha Mahasangh, passed away.