Today Importance - 9th October

Today Importance - 9th October

9-October-1874

The great professor, master, artist, scientist, teacher, writer, designer, poet, explorer and humanitarian Nicholas Roerich was born in St. Petersburg, Russia. He led artistic and scientific expeditions to the Himalayas and settled in the Kullu Valley.

9-October-1877

Utkalamani Pandit Gopabandhu Das, the great freedom fighter, social reformer, educationist, poet, writer, lawyer of modern Orissa, was born in Puri district of Orissa.

9-October-1931

Air Force was established.

9-October-1942

Freedom fighter Bibi Amar Kaur successfully hoisted the national flag at the jail gate of Lahore. Then he was arrested and sent to Ambala jail.

9-October-1945

British troops captured Andaman in the Bay of Bengal.

9-October-1946

Jinnah's 9-point demands were conveyed to Congress.

9-October-1947

Communist Party of India (CPI) general secretary PC Joshi appealed to all left parties to unite around Nehru to fight for peace.

9-October-1949

The Governor General inaugurated the Territorial Army of India.

9-October-1963

Saifuddin Azizuddin Kitchlew, freedom fighter, President of Punjab and the first Indian to win the Lenin Prize for International Peace, has passed away.

9-October-1964

KM George founded the Kerala Congress Party.

9-October-1968

Olympic Games have started in Mexico City.

9-October-1970

Production of uranium 233 begins at the Bhava Atomic Research Center in Bombay.

9-October-1976

Worldwide dialing telephone utility began among Mumbai and London.

9-October-1978

Asian Games are starting in Bangkok.

9-October-1987

Official Language Rules, 1976 as amended.

9-October-1992

Former Army Chief General A.S. Vaidya's murderers Sukha and Zinda were hanged in Pune jail.

9-October-1993

Crore cricketer Rangachari (4 Tests for India, 8 runs at 2.66, 9 wickets at 54.78) passed away.

9-October-1994

Great photographer Kamal Bose has passed away.

9-October-1996

The 27-member cabinet of the National Conference in Jammu and Kashmir took oath under the leadership of its President Dr. Farooq Abdullah.

9-October-1996

PVN Rao gets anticipatory bail till October 14 in the St Kitts fraud case.

9-October-1997

Forest robber Veerappan kidnapped 21 people and later released 13 tourists. They arrested six people – Dr. Indian Institute of Horticultural Research, Mithi, Bangalore, two drivers, pumpset attendant and two photographers.

9-October-1999

Sunil Kumar and Sai Jayalakshmi won the men's and women's titles respectively at the National Tennis Championships in Delhi. Akshay Vishal Rao won the title of Boys Under-18 Champion.

9-October-2000

The Reserve Bank of India has issued Rs 1000 notes in the Mahatma Gandhi series, featuring the leader's portrait with a watermark and the signature of RBI Governor Dr Bimal Jalan. The length of the note is 177 mm and width is 73 mm. The notes are printed using a combination of offset and intaglio processes. This is the first note on which intaglio is printed.

9-October-2000

A special court has convicted former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa and her aide Sasikala in two 'Tansi land deal' cases and sentenced them to three years imprisonment and two years rigorous imprisonment.

9-October-2000

In a major reshuffle in the bureaucracy, the Center appointed Yogendra Narayan as the new Defense Secretary and K. Sibal appointed Secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs