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Historical Event on 9/1/1942

Rasbihari Bose established the Indian National Army.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/28/1896In the Indian National Congress, Vande Mataram was first sung in Calcutta.
11/23/1990Madhavrao Ganesh (Balasaheb Dixit), founder of daily news paper ""Turun Bharat"", passed away.
9/28/1964The simmering dispute of India and Pakistan between the Hindus and Muslims erupted again in Kashmir. Fighting was also reported on this day in the Indian province of Rajasthan. China, which supported Pakistan in the dispute, sent massed troops on its border.
8/12/1928The Olympic Games hosted by Amsterdam fully realized Pierre de Coubertin's vision: 'the nations of the world in friendly competition'. After a succession of Olympics dominated by North America and Western Europe, Amsterdam welcomed more than 3,000 competitors.
1/18/1930Gurudev Rabindranath Thakur (Tagore) and Mahatma Gandhi met at Sabarmati Ashram.
4/28/1945Ajit Manohar Pai, cricketer (one Test India v NZ 1969), was born in Bombay.
3/25/1999Arathi Ponnappa,Former National tennis champion, called it quits from competitive tennis in Bangalore.
1/14/1948First issue of Marathi daily newspaper 'Loksatta' was published.
2/26/1976V. S. Khandekar was honoured by Bhartiya Gyanpeeth Award for the novel 'Yayati'.
1/9/1935Harishankar Sharma, great educationist, was born at Jaipur.