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Historical Event on 7/9/1969

India accepted 'Royal Bengal Tiger' as its National Animal, as recommended by the Indian Wild life Board. This Tiger is also known as the majestic tiger - panthere tigris (Linnaeus).

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/14/1968Chaggan Baba (Chagganlal Karamshi Parekh), great social worker and founder of Mahila Griha Udyog and Lijjat Papad, died.
12/15/1997Orissa Janata Dal unit splits with 29 of 43 Legislature Party members forming 'Biju Janata Dal'.
6/14/1995RBI announces the introduction of appointing ombudsmen to redress grievances and disputes of bank customers.
4/10/1997Announcement of UP's 70th new district to be re-named after Jyotiba Phule.
2/23/1993Jnanpith Award was given to Sitakant Mahapatra (Oriya).
6/16/1934M. Muthuraman, noted Hindi writer and professor, was born at Dindigul in Madurai (Tamil Nadu).
10/16/1994IRS P-2 successfully placed in orbit.
5/22/1970Vijayanand Patnaik established political party `Utkar Congress'.
9/10/1992All movable and immovable properties of big bull Harshad Mehta, and others involved in the Security scam, attached.
9/17/1948The Nizam of Hyderabad, in a broadcast, announced ceasefire to his troops and accession into Indian Union, which was settled earlier to the announcement.