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Historical Event on 6/9/1991

A question paper was leaked due to which the Civil Services preliminary examination was cancelled.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/15/1949General K. N. Kariappa became the first Indian Commander-in-Chief. He was the first Indian to reach to this post in Indian Army. In 1956, he was designated as Chief of the Army Staff - General, later Field Marshal. This event is commemoratively observed as Army Day.
3/23/1947Lord Mountbatten was sent as a Viceroy to India who was designated to free India.
7/10/1997Malleswari earns India's first gold medal in Asian weightlifting championship in Beijing.
6/30/1965Cease-fire was agreed under UN auspices between India and Pakistan, who signed treaty to stop the war at Rann of Kutch.
12/24/1988Jaynendra Kumar, famous Hindi novelist, died.
12/10/1945Aust Services lose third Victory Test Cricket to India by 6 wkts.
4/2/1992Agajan Baig (Aga), famous Hindi film actor, passed away.
3/9/1897Fans start calling the team 'Indians' (in 1915 it became official).
1/1/1909Dattaram Dharmaji Hindlekar, cricketer (Indian batsman & wicket-keeper 1936-46), was born in Bombay.
8/3/1954Atomic Energy Department established.