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Historical Event on 2/9/1989

Sanjay Khan, actor-director, critically injured in a fire accident.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/15/1920Kanti Mehta, trade unionist, was born at Calcutta.
2/15/1920Saint Chokhoba passed away.
6/10/1955Prakash Padukone, internationally famous Badminton player, was born.
3/22/1993The Lok Sabha passes the Indian Medical Council (Amendment) Bill, 1993 and the Dentists (Amendment) Bill, 1993.
4/22/1915Hem Barua, famous Assami and English litterateur, was born.
6/18/1993Sunil Mittal, businessman, denies getting any money from Harshad Mehta.
11/12/1969Indira Gandhi, who was expelled from Congress for indiscipline during President elections, made a large split and formed her own Congress Party with Jagjivan Ram as President. The party is recognised as Congress (I).
2/22/1958Maulana Abul Kalam Azad passed away in New Delhi, India. He was a great leader, great orator, revolutionary and fighter for national freedom. Some of his works which are the masterpieces of the Urdu language are ""Ghubari-Khatir"" and Tadhkirah"". He was Minister of Education in the first Indian Government.
4/20/1960Pannalal Ghosh, famous flute player, passed away.
4/6/1998The Sonia Gandhi era begins in the Congress(I) with a special AICC session ratifying the decision of the CWC appointing her president in place of Sitaram Kesri.