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Historical Event on 3/9/1999

Rabri Devi is sworn in Chief Minister of Bihar for the second time.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/2/1968Lok Sabha passed the Public Providend Fund Act.
11/30/2000CBI files fresh cases against JMM MPs Shibu Soren, Simon Marandi and Suraj Mandal on charges of possessing assets disproportionate to their known sources of income.
11/21/1961Communist China announced a cease-fire in its border war with India and said it would withdraw its troops 12 miles behind the boundary lines that existed in 1959. China said it was making the move to end the hostilities and to implement proposals it had made in October to settle the border dispute. Before the ceasefire, Chinese troops had seized the Indian headquarters at Bomdila near Tibet and were threatening the Indian state of Assam. Faced with defeat on the border and a Chinese invasion, the Indian government said it would ""respond positively"" to the Chinese offer of a ceasef
5/11/1919Troops under General Barrett inflicted a sharp reverse today on the invading Afghans at Bagh Springs. The whole of the frontier area was up in arms with tribesmen threatening Landi Khotal and martial law being proclaimed in Peshawar. It was expected however that General Barrett, well equipped with guns and airplanes, would soon control the situation. Reports had been reaching London for some time about the possibility of an Afghan incursion following the murder of the pro-British Emir Habibullah. His third son, Amanullah Khan, who took over the throne, was known to be hostile toward the government of India.
4/6/1968Indira Gandhi,PM, inaugurated the construction of Bokaro Steel Plant.
1/22/1965Plutonium Project (Sanyantra) was inaugurated at Trombay, Mumbai.
9/28/1929Lata Mangeshkar, great playback singer, was born.
1/25/1992Swaran Singh and Vajpayee awarded 'Padma Vibhushan'.
8/26/1852Bombay Association was established.
1/27/1974President V. V. Giri inaugurated the Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Museum and it was opened for public at Teen Murti House, New Delhi.