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Historical Event on 1/9/1994

Indian diplomats and staff members evacuated from war-ravaged Kabul.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/16/2000India wins the second leg of the pre-olympic hockey tournament at Perth.
11/8/1999The Government announces waiver of telephone bills up to Rs. 1000 in the rural areas of cyclone-hit Orissa.
9/3/1999India launches a new phase of military modernisation after the Kargil conflict.
2/8/1986For the first time in the country, pre-paid taxi sevice scheme was established at New Delhi airport.
4/1/1869Income Tax was imposed. On the same day New Indian Divorce Act came into operation.
4/1/1869Sheikh Mirza, chieftain of a small state of Ferghana, was born in Turkmenistan.
10/28/1911Mutyalswami Muniswami Naidu, cricket Test umpire, one test in 1951-52, was born at Vadodara, Gujarat.
2/14/1755Raghuji Bhosle, great fighter of Bhosle gharana in Nagpur, passed away.
4/10/1995Morarji Ranchhodji Desai, first non-Congress Prime Minister of India (1977-79) and Chief Minister of Bombay, passed away at the age of 99. He was awarded with Bharat Ratna.
7/31/18619,300 mm rainfall in July in Cherrapunji, Assam becomes a world record.