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Historical Event on 1/9/1971

Muslim leader Sheik Mohammed Abdullah was barred from returning to Kashmir.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/25/1938Farokh Manekshaw Engineer, great Indian cricket wicket-keeper (1961-75), was born in Bombay.
8/8/1990Naval Godrej, famous Industrialist, died.
1/17/1905Dattaraya Ramchandra Kaprekar was born at Dahanu near Bombay. He discovered the shortest possible routes to solve mathematical problems. In 1927, he won the wrangler R. P. Paranjpe Mathematical Prize for an Original Piece of work in mathematics. He discovered 'Kaprekar Constant' in 1946. It is the number ""6174"". The constant 6174 is arrived at and this number then generates itself into one set of numbers called ""self numbers"" that is also known by his name. Kaprekar passed away in 1988.
4/18/1971Gavaskar makes 220 in second innings vs West Indies after 124 in first.
2/13/1713Sultan Jahandar Shah was strangled to death. Farrukhsiyar captured the throne of Delhi from Jahandar Shah with the assistance of two Sayyid brothers.
9/8/1990Mother Teresa re-elected head of Missionaries of Charity.
6/29/199324 jawans were killed in ambush by NSCN militants in Manipur.
7/21/1984Terrorists breach Bhakra canal in Punjab.
1/19/1976C. V. Bawdekar, famous journalist, died.
4/4/1997World Bank Atlas for 1997 put India as world's fifth largest economy in terms of purchasing power parity estimated around $1318 trillion.