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Historical Event on 7/9/1993
Passport fees raised from Rs. 60 to Rs.300.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/21/1966 | Mihir Sen swam the Bay of Persia. |
| 10/29/1990 | Vinod Mehra, famous Hindi film actor, died. |
| 1/27/1999 | P. Krishnamurthy, former Indian wicketkeeper, died in Hyderabad following a cardiac arrest. |
| 4/13/1889 | Balkrishna A. Pillai, litterateur and journalist, was born. |
| 11/5/1870 | Chittaranjan Das, freedom fighter, famous lawyer and orator, was born at Calcutta. |
| 7/24/1997 | Mahasweta Devi, Bengali litterateur, is recipient of this year's Ramon Magsaysay Award for journalism, literature and creative communication arts for her writings on indigenous communities. |
| 11/16/1995 | Mass Rapid Transit System (MRTS), India's first elevated suburban railway, becomes operational in Madras. |
| 3/21/1982 | Nadmuri Tarak Rama Rao forms Telugu Desam Party in Andhra Pradesh. |
| 1/20/1959 | Tej Bahadur Sapru passed away. |
| 12/29/1957 | 8,000 ton cruiser INS Mysore commissioned. |
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