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Historical Event on 1/9/1996

PM unveils India's state-of-the-art Main Battle Rank (MBT) `Arjun' at a New Delhi function.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/8/1989Mrs. Gro Harlem Brundtland, PM of Norway, was awarded 1988 Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development.
5/21/1994The Union Government imposes blanket ban on capitation fee for admission to private professional colleges.
12/29/1959Durgapur Iron Plant inaugurated.
5/12/1949S Vijaya Laxmi Pandit, first woman foreign ambassador, was received in US.
5/12/1949Jesuit father and first Englishman S.J.Thomas Stephens arrived at Goa in a Portuguese ship. He settled here and died in 1619.
4/18/1612Khurram prince was married to Arjumand Banu Begum.
2/27/1997CBI arrests godman Chandraswami for alleged offences in violation of Foreign Contributions (Regulation) Act, 1976.
10/26/1996CBI detects a chain of bank transactions between August '93 and February '96 by four JMM leaders.
6/9/1991A question paper was leaked due to which the Civil Services preliminary examination was cancelled.
5/21/1966General Election (11th) of India ends.