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Historical Event on 4/9/1974

India, Pakistan, Bangladesh reach pact to exchange prisoners of 1971 war in New Delhi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/29/1942Britain offered dominion status to India after the war if it cooperated now.
11/15/1830Ram Mohun Roy sailed for England. He was the first Indian Brahmin (then 'Brahmo') to go to England.
11/15/1830Rumi, famous Muslim Sufi poet, was born.
12/29/1885A group of middle-class intellectuals in India, some of them British, found the Indian National Congress to be a voice of Indian opinion to the British government. This was the origin of the later Congress Party which was founded in Bombay.
3/17/1905Narsinghcharya Purohit Tirunarayan Iyyangar, famous Kannad poet, music director and critic, was born.
5/1/1966Marathi becomes the official language of Maharashtra.
8/6/1998SriKrishna Commission report was tabled by the Maharashtra government. It was rejected by the ruling alliance whom it heavily indicted.
5/8/1994Harikant Jethwani, famous Sindhi litterateur, passed away.
5/26/1948First ever trade agreement with Pakistan.
2/28/1712Bahadur Shah I died at Lahore at the age of 72 in the war of succession.