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Historical Event on 9/8/1790

Lord Edward Alanbaro, Governor General of India (1842 to 1844), was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/26/1931Gandhiji was unconditionally released from prison.
2/14/1994V. P. Singh elected JD Chief in place of S.R. Bommai who stepped down.
5/17/1949India decided with only one dissent vote to remain within the Commonwealth of Nations.
5/11/1930Ganesh Narayan R, great Industrialist, was born.
6/20/1756A group of British soldiers along with Halvel were imprisoned by some rebellions in a suffocating cell that gained notoriety as the ""Black Hole of Calcutta."" Most of them died here.
12/19/2000The Government suffers an embarrassing defeat with the Rajya Sabha adopting a motion recording its ""disagreement'' with the Prime Minister for defending three of his Cabinet colleagues charged in the Babri Masjid demolition case.
3/25/1898Swami Vivekanand accepted Sister Nivedita as his disciple.
10/9/2000The Reserve Bank of India issued bank notes in the denomination of Rs.1000 in the Mahatma Gandhi series bearing the leader's portrait in the watermark and signature of Dr. Bimal Jalan, Governor of the RBI. The length of the note is 177 mm and the width is 73 mm. The notes are printed in a combination of offset and intaglio processes. This is the first note with intaglio printing on it.
7/19/1763Mir Kasim was defeated in 'Katwa' battle by Britishers.
3/7/1996Union Cabinet clears decks for extending benefits of reservation to Dalit Christians.