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Historical Event on 9/2/1960
Dr. Shankar Purushottam Adharkar, famous Botanist in India, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/23/1795 | East India Company gave Warren Hastings a grant of the money and he was honourably acquitted of the charges. |
| 8/15/1947 | The Indian independence divided not only the country but its armed forces as well. These units came down and their equipment was transferred to the newly created Royal Pakistan Air Force. Thus, the principal components of the Royal Indian Air Force, during the partition, were nos. 3, 4, 7, 8 and 10 Squadrons with Tempest US, No. 2 Squadron with Spitfires and No. 12 Squadron with C-47s and No. 1 Air Observation Flight (AOF). The establishment of this AOF with AOP Auster 4s, 5s and 6s, coincided with independence. No. 6 Squadron, which had been in process of converting from Spitfires to C-47s at Drigh Road, had been stood down and its transports transferred to Pakistan. |
| 10/17/1979 | Mother Teresa, social worker, awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. |
| 11/7/1995 | G-15 summit concludes calling for South-South cooperation and reduction of trade barriers, tariffs among the member countries, stability of interest and exchange rates. |
| 5/13/1962 | Dr. Zakir Hussain became the Vice President (1962-67). |
| 9/1/1908 | Amir Elahi, right-hand batsman and right-arm leg-break bowler, born at Multan in Lahore. |
| 1/8/1992 | D. P. Sahastrabuddhe 'Anand', editor of monthly magzine, passed away. |
| 1/2/1994 | Landslide win for GNLF in the Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council elections. |
| 12/7/1979 | Ramandeep Singh Gill, Soccer(Football) player, was born in Oslo, Norway. |
| 11/25/1998 | Nitish Kumar, Railway Minister, lays the foundation stone for the Chengalpattu-Arakkonam gauge conversion in Kancheepuram. The Kanchi Shankaracharyas stay away from the function following a controversy triggered over the invitation extended to them by the Railways. |
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