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Historical Event on 2/9/1931

A set of six stamps were issued during the inauguration of New Delhi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/1/1983Amravati University established.
3/25/1927Leslie Claudius, India field hockey (Olympic-gold-1948, 52, 56), was born.
3/18/1948Socialist Party of India (SPI) disassociates itself from the Congress.
6/1/1998Finance Minister announced the Swadeshi budget.
6/13/1757Clive marched to Murshidabad against Nawab Siraj ud-Daulah along with the force comprising of 1800 British and 2000 Indian soldiers with eight canons.
9/14/1803Lord Lake was captured Delhi.
2/23/1998Ramdeo Singh, freedom fighter, is shot dead at Salaunchak village in Bihar.
5/5/1992Prithvi, India's medium range surface-to-surface missile, successfully launched.
1/4/1995IAF batch (Angel of Mercy) returns from Somalia after 16 months of stay and 700 sorties.
10/27/1947Indian Governments accepts King of Jammu and Kashmir Maharaja Harisingh's accession merging Jammu and Kashmir in India and sends its troops. Accession of Jammu and Kashmir was then officially announced. No. 12 Sqn was to initiate the remarkable feat of air-lifting the first Sikhs from Palam onto the rough and dusty Srinagar airstrip without planning or reconnaissance as the initial Indian response to the sizeable insurgent forces that were pouring across the border into Jammu and Kashmir.