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Historical Event on 7/9/1979
Janardhan Gnanoba Navle, cricketer, 2 Tests for India as WK and 1 catch, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/9/1979 | Vasco-de-Gama was the Last Viceroy of Portuguese, who ruled India. |
| 8/1/1998 | The DMK condemns the BJP-led coalition Government's decision to set up a Multi-Disciplinary Monitoring Agency and rejects the Action Taken Report on the final report of the Jain Commission with reference to Mr. M. Karunanidhi. |
| 2/11/1968 | Deendayal Upadhyaya, great philosopher, litterateur, social worker, thinker and founder of Jansangh, passed away. |
| 1/2/1947 | Mahatma Gandhi met Lord Bevin, the personal emissary of British Prime Minister Winston Churchil, in Delhi. Beven is reported to have told the great man, ''Eighteen languages, 500 dialects, some 30 religions, a million Gods and Goddesses, 300 million individuals, an infinity of castes and sub castes, and a population (that is) practically illiterate and half of which (are) beggars or thieves... Good luck, sir! Such a nation is ungovernable! It'd take you centuries to get anywhere!''. Gandhiji wrapped his large, white shawl a little more closely around him, and modestly replied, 'India has eternity before her.. and ""All around me is utter darkness"". |
| 12/31/1706 | Francois Martin, founder of Pondicherry and was its first Governor General, died. He founded Pondicherry, the future capital of French India in 1674. |
| 8/28/1976 | Second World Hindi Conference held in Mauritius. |
| 12/5/1951 | Abanindranath Tagore, a great Modern Indian Painter, passed away. |
| 3/1/1917 | Kartar Singh Duggal, famous author, was born at Dhamyal, Pakistan. |
| 7/2/1905 | Shantiswaroop Dhavan, former Governor of West Bengal, was born. |
| 2/5/1919 | Sitaram Kesri, veteran Congress leader, was born. |
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