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Historical Event on 8/9/1942

Subhash Chandra Bose (Netaji) forms the Indian National Army in Malaya with the help of the Japanese. He inaugurates the Government of Free India at Singapore.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/14/1976Urban Land Ceiling Regulation Act comes into force.
9/15/1927Sarveshwar Dayal Saxena was born.
1/5/1659Aurangzeb defeated Shah Shuja in the battle of Khawan near Allahabad.
7/19/1998The INSAT-2C satellite suffers ``disorientation'' - loss of earth lock - briefly.
10/17/1970Anil Radhakrishna Kumble, cricketer (great Indian leg spinner since 1990), was born in Bangalore.
12/30/1946Jawaharlal Nehru calls on Gandhiji, who says, ""My reason wholly supports my heart"".
11/20/1998V. K. Sharma, chairman and managing director of JVG Group of Companies, who allegedly swindled Rs. 600 crores from investors, is arrested in Mumbai.
2/17/1997Notorious criminal Charles Sobhraj released from jail after 20 years, and re-arrested soon after release under Foreigners' Regional Registration Act.
2/17/1997General Malik Kafur returns to Delhi after campaign in South India.
1/1/1980This decade was announced to be observed as the ""International Decade of Water & Sanitation"".