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Historical Event on 9/6/1995
New broad gauge train ""Palace on Wheels"" started between Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/7/1962 | 94 people died in an Italian DC-8 air crash near Bombay. |
| 1/31/1948 | Cities swept by riots in wake of Gandhi murder. |
| 10/11/1991 | Meghalaya placed under President's rule. |
| 2/4/1994 | India elected to the executive boards of UNDP, UN Population Fund and UNICEF. |
| 4/27/1906 | China, as suzerain of Tibet, has agreed to the terms of a treaty proposed by Britain. According to the treaty, foreign powers may not send representatives to Tibet, receive transportation or mining concessions, or occupy, buy or lease any territory in Tibet without British permission. The British want to prevent the Russians from establishing a protectorate over Tibet, which lies on India's northern border. Lord Curzon, Viceroy of India, failed in attempts to communicate with Tibet's ruler, the Dalai Lama. A British military expedition fought its way to the capital at Lhasa and concluded the agreement. |
| 4/3/1966 | First Indian-made computer commissioned in Jadavpur University campus. |
| 9/30/1996 | Centre gives its consent to Tamil Nadu government's decision to rename Madras as Chennai. |
| 5/13/1648 | Redfort construction was completed |
| 5/23/1931 | Sharad Joshi, famous Hindi poet, playwright and journalist, was born. |
| 5/24/1990 | K. S. Hegde, former President of Parliament, passed away. |
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