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Historical Event on 7/9/1999
Ashok Mitra (82), noted writer, academician and former bureaucrat, died in Calcutta.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/23/1997 | 50,000 miners in Orissa lose jobs as 57 mines are closed down. |
| 8/20/1997 | Arun Gawli, Mumbai underworld don, arrested for his alleged involvement in the killing of a builder. |
| 10/31/1994 | 26 die as cyclone lashes Tamil Nadu. |
| 8/1/1995 | Vohra Panel submits report, highlights nexus between mafia and politicians. |
| 10/16/1976 | Jalgaon Radio Station started broadcasting. |
| 1/12/1869 | Dr. Bhagavan Das, great philosopher, freedom fighter, Hindi writer, politician and litterateur, was born at Varanasi. |
| 11/7/1907 | Murlidhar Shankar Deshpande, journalist and social worker, was born at Kadanachi Girvi Phaltan, Maharashtra. |
| 12/3/1948 | Surendra Pratap Singh, famous journalist and chief editor of Navbharat Times, was born. |
| 4/15/1997 | Interest rate on domestic term deposits brought down from 10 to nine per cent by RBI. |
| 3/31/1930 | Shyamji Krishna Varma, freedom fighter, nationalist and patriot, passed away in Geneva. |
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