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Historical Event on 6/9/1923

K. Alagirisami, famous journalist, playwright and story writer, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/21/1993Jayalalitha ends fast, Centre to set up a committee; Karnataka rejects the proposal.
1/12/1990Upper age limit for Civil Services Examination raised from 26 to 28 years.
8/6/1992A 30-member JPC constituted to probe the security scam.
12/5/1999India's Yukta Mookhey is crowned Miss World.
4/15/1984Extremist Sikhs plunder 40 stations in Punjab, India.
12/11/1996T. N. Seshan retires. M. S. Gill becomes the new election Chief Election Commissioner.
5/15/1949Matsya Union formally merged with Greater Rajasthan.
5/11/1991Naxalities in Andhra abduct P. Sudhir Kumar, son of the former Union Minister Shiv Shankar.
2/18/1993Phoolan Devi, the legendary Bandit Queen, was released after 11 years in jail. A heroine to many low-caste Indians, she was born into the Mallah caste of fishermen, close to the bottom of India's rigid social scale, and became a bandit after she was gang-raped. She led her rural band in robbing and killing upper-caste Thakurs in revenge for the murder of her lover and acquired a Robin Hood image. The Rebel of the Ravines siad, ""I shall work for the upliftment of the women and downtrodden"".
3/25/1990Lakshadweep Council elections.