Important Events in 1664 – Indian History on 09 January

• 1664: Shivaji started Surat campaign and left the city after plundering the place.

Important Events in 1841 – Indian History on 09 January

• 1841: John Gil Christ, founder of Fort William College Calcutta, passed away at Paris.

Important Events in 1854 – Indian History on 09 January

• 1854: Govind Vasudev Kanitkar, noted poem writier, novelist and translator, was born.

Important Events in 1889 – Indian History on 09 January

• 1889: Dr. Vrindavanlal Varma, famous Hindi writer and social reformer, was born in Jhansi. He mainly wrote historical and social novels, most famouse being “Mriganainee”.

Important Events in 1904 – Indian History on 09 January

• 1904: Pratab Singh Chaudhari, social worker, was born at Multan, Punjab .

Important Events in 1915 – Indian History on 09 January

• 1915: Gandhiji reached Bombay on his return from South Africa. He became a member of the Indian National Congress. He was awarded Kaiseri-e-Hind Gold Medal for Ambulance service on Jan, 11.

Important Events in 1916 – Indian History on 09 January

• 1916: Ramkrishna Ramnarayan Ruia, great industrialist, was born.

Important Events in 1918 – Indian History on 09 January

• 1918: Harprasad Nanda, famous Industrialist, was born.

Important Events in 1919 – Indian History on 09 January

• 1919: Theophane A. Mathias, educationist, was born.

Important Events in 1922 – Indian History on 09 January

• 1922: Har Gobind Khurana, scientist of Biology, was born in India. He did his M.Sc from University of Punjab and, for higher education went to University of Liverpool. In 1959, he produced a chemical called “Coenzymea”, which is essential for certain processes in the human body. He was awarded Nobel Prize for medicine in 1968 along with Marshall W. Nirenberg and Robert W. Halley.

Important Events in 1923 – Indian History on 09 January

• 1923: Satyendranath Tagore, Bengali litterateur, passed away.

Important Events in 1935 – Indian History on 09 January

• 1935: Britain signs the Trade Pack with India.
• 1935: Savita Jajodiya, famous Marathi writer, was born.
• 1935: Harishankar Sharma, great educationist, was born at Jaipur.

Important Events in 1946 – Indian History on 09 January

• 1946: Nanalal Dalpatram Kavi, famous Hindi poet, Gujarati litterateur, writer, headmaster and innovator of duel meaning phrases, passed away.

Important Events in 1971 – Indian History on 09 January

• 1971: Muslim leader Sheik Mohammed Abdullah was barred from returning to Kashmir.

Important Events in 1972 – Indian History on 09 January

• 1972: In 1971, 433 feature films produced in the world with a record and a top position in film production.

Important Events in 1976 – Indian History on 09 January

• 1976: President suspends seven freedoms guaranteed by Article 19 of the Constitution.

Important Events in 1982 – Indian History on 09 January

• 1982: A group of 21 Indian scientists team led by S. Z. Qasim started for the first ever Antarctica expedition on December 1981 – Jan 1982.

Important Events in 1993 – Indian History on 09 January

• 1993: An Indian Airlines TU-154 plane crash lands in Delhi, all the 165 on board escape; Civil Aviation Minister Scindia resigns; PM cancels Dhaka visit; SAARC summit put off.

Important Events in 1994 – Indian History on 09 January

• 1994: Indian diplomats and staff members evacuated from war-ravaged Kabul.

Important Events in 1995 – Indian History on 09 January

• 1995: T.N. Seshan, chief election commissioner, asks Centre to put off annual budget in lieu of State assembly elections.
• 1995: Manipur Assembly removes Dr.H. Borobabu (Speaker) and suspends his membership until state election.

Important Events in 1996 – Indian History on 09 January

• 1996: PM unveils India’s state-of-the-art Main Battle Rank (MBT) `Arjun’ at a New Delhi function.

Important Events in 1997 – Indian History on 09 January

• 1997: John Major, British Prime Minister, addresses plenary session of the ‘Partnership Summit’ organised in Calcutta by the Confederation of Indian Industry.

Important Events in 1998 – Indian History on 09 January

• 1998: Three RJD ministers in the Gujral Cabinet – Mr. Raghuvansh Prasad Singh, Capt. Jai Narayan Nishad and Mrs. Kanti Singh – resign.