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Historical Event on 7/9/1951

India's first Five Year Plan prepared and published. There was the first amendment to the Constitution and the first general elections were held.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/19/1976Indira Gandhi proposes a resumption of ties with Pakistan in New Delhi.
12/3/1948Surendra Pratap Singh, famous journalist and chief editor of Navbharat Times, was born.
10/13/1781A treaty was singed between the Britishers and ruler of Gwalior, Scindia.
1/16/1858Baithi, Laikha, Ratna, Maani, and the women who participated in Mairath Kranti at Gudgaon, all were hanged.
1/7/1859The Bahadur Shah II case trial was started, which ended on March 29.
2/12/1993Kapil Dev crosses 400 wickets and 5000 runs in test cricket.
7/30/1883Badridas Goenka, famous industrialist, was born.
12/6/1952First Indo-Soviet Trade agreement signed.
6/11/1999India provided incontrovertible tape evidence of Pakistan's involvement in the Kargil sector. The Indian army killed 23 intruders in the Batalik and Dras sectors but lost 15 of its men.
8/11/1908Khudiram Bose was hanged on this day in Central Jail at Mujaffarpur, Bihar at the age of 19 years. He along with Prafulla Chaki had planned to bomb the carriage supposed to be carrying Kingsford, unfortunately he was betrayed and was caught and finally was sentenced to death and hanged. This day is observed as ""Martyr's Day"" in memory of the great freedom fighter. Even today the soul stirring songs composed in his honour are sung by Bengali folk-singers.