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Historical Event on 9/1/1976

Indira Gandhi asks for sweeping new powers at New Delhi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/19/1910Anant Laxman Kanhere, revolutionary, was hanged.
3/22/1709It is assumed that Goswami Tulsidas started writing his great epic 'Ramcharitmanas' in Samvat 1631.
10/24/1997Kerala bans ragging in educational institutions by an ordinance.
12/13/1902Ilachandra Joshi, famous Hindi novelist, story writer, critic and journalist, was born.
9/15/1953S. Vijayalakshmi Pandit was elected as the first lady President of the eighth session of the United Nations Organisation's (UNO) General Assembly.
7/3/1838Mama Parmanand, one of the founders of `Prarthana Samaj', was born.
12/28/1977Sumitranandan Pant, famous Hindi poet and literaeur, died.
11/1/1966Haryana state was created from Punjab, and Chandigarh was declared as the Union Territory and capital of both Punjab and Haryana.
1/2/1953Government set up a Board of Editors under Dr. Syed Mahmood to prepare a history of Freedom Movement in India.
10/29/1930Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru is sent back to prison for two yearrs following a speech he made at Allahabad the day after his release from jail.