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Historical Event on 9/9/1872
Sarladevi Chaudharani, Bengali poet, was born.
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| 7/17/1987 | V. P. Singh announces resignation from Congress; R. Venkataraman elected President of India. |
| 1/6/1992 | Sachin Tendulkar completes 148* vs Australia at the SCG. |
| 7/27/1928 | Rameshwar Sahai Saxena, famous writer, lawyer and journalist, was born at Lalitpur, (UP). |
| 7/12/1960 | Bhagalpur University was established in Bihar. |
| 12/17/1877 | Feroz Shah died at Makka, Saudi. |
| 3/25/1905 | Mirza Rasid Ali Baig, famous Indian politician, was born. |
| 5/28/1978 | The kiss comes to the Hindi screen in 'Love Sublime,' and is seen as a sign of what the govt. calls greater 'creative freedom,' after Indira Gandhi's authoritarian rule at Bombay. |
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