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Historical Event on 2/9/1931

A set of six stamps were issued during the inauguration of New Delhi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/11/1824US War Dept creates the Bureau of Indian Affair.
3/22/199957 prisoners in Indian and Pakistan jails are repatriated to their respective motherlands at the Attari-Wagah joint checkpost on the border in Amristar district.
2/23/1997176 people dead and 500 injured in a major fire at a religious congregation in Baripada, Orissa.
9/19/1996India Development Forum pledges $7b. to India.
7/11/1980Ebbie Kodiat, Soccer(Football) player, was born in Kuwait.
11/28/2000Ram Vilas Paswan, Union Communications Minister, launches his political outfit 'Janashakti' at a rally in New Delhi.
12/10/1918Rowlatt Act introduced by Lord Chelmsford.
7/9/1873Henry Albert John Gidney, greatest leader and politician, was born in Igatpuri, Maharashtra.
9/27/2000Gurucharan Singh goes down fighting to Andri Fedtchouk of Ukraine in the 81 Kg bout of the Olympics boxing.
7/22/199824-year old P T Usha won bronze medals in the 400m and 200m races and anchored the 4x100m relay team to gold and 4x400m for silver at the Asian Track and Field Championships in Fukuoka, Japan.