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Historical Event on 10/9/1987

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1/27/1970Probir Sen, cricketer, 20 catches & 11 stumpings and 14 Tests for India, passed away.
9/8/1960Feroz Gandhi, a prominent member of the Lok Sabha,died in New Delhi.
4/23/1926Madhavrao Sapre, great political leader, passed away.
11/5/1996Narashima Rao, former PM, refused bail in St. Kitts forgery case.
1/17/1905Dattaraya Ramchandra Kaprekar was born at Dahanu near Bombay. He discovered the shortest possible routes to solve mathematical problems. In 1927, he won the wrangler R. P. Paranjpe Mathematical Prize for an Original Piece of work in mathematics. He discovered 'Kaprekar Constant' in 1946. It is the number ""6174"". The constant 6174 is arrived at and this number then generates itself into one set of numbers called ""self numbers"" that is also known by his name. Kaprekar passed away in 1988.
8/1/1989Kirti Vrajlal Ambani,Reliance executive, held in connection with a plot to kill Bombay Dyeing Chairman Nusli Wadia.
8/6/1994Hajratbal' was handed over to Muslim Auwkaf Trust.
7/9/1999Ashok Mitra (82), noted writer, academician and former bureaucrat, died in Calcutta.
10/28/1811Yashwantrao Holkar, a diplomat of Peshwa kingdom, died.
5/23/1942Lt Gen Joseph Stilwell and his men arrive at Dimapur, having retreated 150 miles (240 km) through the Burmese jungle. `We took a hell of a beating,' he said.