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Historical Event on 9/9/1898

Explosive Department of India was established at Nagpur. This is presently under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/25/1988Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Dr. Marudu Gopalan Ramachandran, MGR (Posthumous) (1917-1987).
10/3/1997Financial and operational autonomy to be given to 97 profit-making public sector enterprises ('mini-ratnas') other than the navaratnas.
8/13/1947Riots sweep Lahore in Punjab; mobs stone Gandhi's house.
9/26/1932Gandhiji breaks fast on Indian government's acceptance of his demand regarding Harijans.
11/18/1948Nearly 500 people were drowned when the ferry steamer Narayan River capsized and sank in the Ganga near Patna.
8/25/1959Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister, declares in New Delhi that India will defend Bhutan and Sikkim if attacked by China.
4/21/1975Farakka Barrage dedicated to nation.
6/7/1997Mahesh Bhupathi becomes the first Indian to win a Grand Slam title when he and Japan's Rika Hiraki claim the mixed doubles.
11/5/1976Lok Sabha votes to extend its own life by another year.
12/27/1898Shamrao Desmukh, former Central Minister and Agriculture expert , was born.