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Historical Event on 7/9/1951
India's first Five Year Plan prepared and published. There was the first amendment to the Constitution and the first general elections were held.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/17/1997 | Biju Patnaik, 81, Janata Dal leader and important personality in Orissa politics, died. |
| 9/3/1953 | Laxmanrao Parvatkar (Khaprumama), famous Tabla player, passed away. |
| 8/6/1920 | Film Censor Board at Bombay started working. The first film censored and granted a Censor Certificate No. 1 was a short film of 600 ft., produced by Gaumont Company and it was titled as 'Gaumont Graphic No. 963-964'. The Regional Film Censor Boards were also set-up in Calcutta, Madras and Rangoon. |
| 5/29/1991 | P.V. Narasimha Rao elected President of Congress (I). |
| 3/25/1994 | Buta Singh exonerated by the Akal Takht after 9 years. |
| 9/5/1997 | CBI chargesheets former Railway Minister C.K. Jaffer Sharief for possessing assets disproportionate to his income. |
| 11/14/1889 | Jawaharlal Nehru, first Prime Minister of India, was born. To commemorate his birthday, this day is observed as 'Children's Day' from 1957. |
| 5/18/1985 | Dr. P. C. Alexander appointed High Commissioner in Britain. |
| 10/29/1962 | China attacked India. |
| 1/9/1919 | Theophane A. Mathias, educationist, was born. |
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