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Historical Event on 1/9/1922

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.

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1/9/1922Babur declared battle against Rana Sangram Singh.
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3/2/1963China reports troops have left disputed area in India.
4/11/1952Treaty between France and India, transferring the former French settlement of Chandranagar to India, is ratified by the National Assembly, Paris. It was the last formal step in completing the process of sovereignty.
9/22/1991Durga Khote, film actress and Dadasaheb Phalke awardee, died at the age of 86 years.
12/29/1965First Indian-made tank 'Vijayanta' rolled off the Avadi Heavy Vehicles factory.
2/12/1996President S.D. Sharma in Kerala.
12/11/1968Indian born Har Govind Khorana receives the Nobel Price for medicine and physiology.
3/1/1818Singhgad won by the Britishers after the end of Peshwa kingdom.