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Historical Event on 9/1/1965
Pakistan launched Operation 'Grand Slam' in Chhamb sector aimed at Akhnoor in Jammu. Indians had battled Pakistanis in air and on ground at Kashmir.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/16/1996 | Union Cabinet Minister V.C. Shukla, Balram Jhakar, Madhavrao Scindia, and others including BJP President L.K. Advani, Arjun Singh and Devi Lal chargesheeted in the multi-crore Jain `Hawala' case. CBI seeks sanction to prosecute them. L.K. Advani resigns from Lok Sabha membership. |
| 2/1/1986 | Pope John Paul II arrives in New Delhi for a 10-day visit. |
| 6/5/1998 | Ali Sardar Jafri, Urdu writer, is presented the Jnanpeeth award for 1997. |
| 6/22/1935 | Vaman Viswanath Kumar, cricketer (useful Madras leggie who only played 2 Tests), was born in Madras. |
| 10/27/1907 | Brahma Bandhav Upadhyay died. |
| 2/21/1829 | Kittur Rani Channamma, revolutionary freedom fighter and social reformer, passed away. |
| 7/2/1992 | Six new ministers inducted into the Union Cabinet. |
| 6/2/1988 | Raj Kapoor, famous film actor, director and Dadasaheb Phalke awardee, passed away. |
| 4/19/1950 | Shyama Prasad Mukherji resigned. He was the first Minister of Central Cabinet. |
| 7/1/1961 | Kalpana Chawla, the first Indian women astronaut (STS 87), was born in Karnal. |
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