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Historical Event on 6/9/1964
Lal Bahadur Shastri became the second Prime Minister of India when the country was shocked of Jawaharlal Nehru's death and Indo-China war. Shastri gave the quotation ""Jai Jawan Jai Kisan"" which motivated the war-affected Indians to boost their morale. He remained in this office till he died on January 11, 1966 at Taskent. In his cabinet, Indira Gandhi served as Minister of Information and Broadcasting.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/25/1958 | Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, inaugurated. |
| 11/10/1938 | Mustafa Kemal Ataturk passed away at Istanbul. |
| 6/23/1911 | King George V was today crowned ""King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British Dominions beyond the seas, Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India,"" at Westminster Abbey in a ceremony evoking the continuity and tradition of the British monarchy magnificent spectacle. Thousands of spectators crowded the streets for hours, hoping to catch a glimpse of the royal procession. Partition of Bengal notified to create the Presidency of Bengal. The Imperial capital shifted from Calcutta to Delhi. |
| 3/22/1907 | Perturbed by a new law restricting Asiatic immigrants, Mohandas Gandhi, a young Indian attorney now living in South Africa, organized a campaign of civil disobedience to resist the statute popular bill passed by the new Boer government of the Transvaal Colony. The Asiatic Registration Bill was considered by Gandhi unjust and discriminatory to the large Chinese and Indian populations. However, the government expressed the belief that the ordinance was popular. ""Over 90 percent of the white people thoroughly approve of it,"" said Sir Gilbert Parker, a Conservative member of Parliament. |
| 3/18/1944 | Azad Hind Fauj entered India (Japanese army) from the border of Burma and invaded north eastern India. |
| 12/23/1998 | Jayaprakash Narayan posthumously awarded Bharat Ratna, the country's biggest honour. |
| 3/9/1951 | Ustad Zakir Hussain, famous Tabla player, was born. |
| 5/17/1992 | R. Venkataraman, President, leaves for a six-day visit to China. |
| 3/5/1699 | Maharaja Jaisingh-II crowned as King of Jaipur kingdom and sat on Amber throne. |
| 7/7/1962 | 94 people died in an Italian DC-8 air crash near Bombay. |
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