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Historical Event on 3/9/1996

India wins India-Pakistan World Cup Quater Final cricket match in Bangalore (Wills World Cup). This was the last international match played by Javed Miandad.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/10/1996Supreme Court bans employment of child labour in hazardous industries.
12/27/1962India and Pakistan begin negotiations over Kashmir.
3/13/1878The Vernacular Press Act was passed which subsequently made the Amrita Bazar Patrika of Calcutta an English newspaper.
8/15/1947At the stroke of midnight, India is free after 163 years of British Raj. At the same time Muslims win a degree of freedom from Hindus. They have their own separate dominion Pakistan in the British Commonwealth Sect.
2/11/1977Dr. Fakruddin Ali Ahmad (1905-1977), the 5th President of India, passed away in office.
1/19/1990Mr. Jagmohan takes over the administration in J&K as the new Governor after CM Farukh Abdulla resigns.
7/12/1949Dutch KLM Constellation crashes near Bombay, 45 die.
1/26/1957Shivlal Nandlal Yadav, cricketer (Indian off-spinner 102 Test wickets 1979-87), was born in Hyderabad.
3/25/1920Sardar Sambhaji Chandrojirao Angre, politician and farmer, was born.
3/10/1922Gandhiji arrested for the first time in Bombay on the charges of sedition at Sabarmati.