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Historical Event on 9/1/1956

Life Insurance Corporation of India was established and all Life Insurance Business Companies were nationalised and merged in this corporation.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/1/1956Babur declared battle against Rana Sangram Singh.
4/3/1670Tanaji Malusure, right hand of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, passed away during the battle of Singhgad fort.
4/21/1994Malayalam sweeps national film awards. Mammootty, Shobhana best actor and actress; T.V. Chandran best director; Buddadeb Das Gupta's Bengali 'Charachar' adjudged best film.
1/16/1942Jawaharlal Nehru succeeds Gandhi as head of Indian National Congress.
12/27/1926Imperial Airways announces the first scheduled air service to India from New Year in UK.
7/7/1948Damodar Valley Corporation, first public corporation, was established.
8/11/1984A cloud of toxic chemicals escaped from a Union Carbide plant near Charleston, West Virginia, this morning, and at least 135 residents were treated for eye, throat, and lung irritation. Last December, methyl isocyanate gas escaped from a Union Carbide plant in India, killing 2,000 people. No MIC escaped today, plant officials said. Aldicarb oxime, a much less toxic gas, is declared as one constituent of the gas cloud.
8/11/1961Dadra and Nagar Haweli declared as Union Territory States.
2/12/1996Former Union Minister Kalpanath Rai sent to Tihai jail for allegedly harbouring members of mafia don Dawood Ibrahim's gang.
9/3/1999India launches a new phase of military modernisation after the Kargil conflict.