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Historical Event on 2/9/1964

Hanumant Singh scores 105 runs on his debut match during the India vs England cricket tournament at Delhi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/11/1999Ramnath Parkar, former Indian opening batsman, died in Mumbai.
5/11/1626Malik Ambar of Ahmednagar's Nijamshahi kingdom, passed away.
9/17/1999Narayan Desai, Ajoy Kumar Basu and Saraswathi Gora are named for Jamnalal Bajaj awards.
1/24/1980J.S. Bawa became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 28/02/85).
2/1/1797Lord Cornwallis was sworn in as Governor General of India for a second time in England. However, he did not proceed to India till 1805.
11/14/1914Eight Language panel were started on the Rs. five denomination again. The printing colour of note was red. These languages were Urdu, Telugu, Kaithi, Tamil, Bengali, Kannada, Burmese and Gujarati.
8/3/1985Ramon Magsaysay Award for Public Service goes to Baba Amte.
3/1/1640Britishers were allowed to do commercial activities in Madras.
10/19/1929Balbir Singh, India field hockey player (Olympic gold 1948-56), was born.
4/22/2000Bhaktavar Lentin (72), former Judge of the Bombay High Court, died after a prolonged illness at his residence in Mumbai.