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Historical Event on 9/1/1798

England signs treaty with Nizam of Hyderabad, India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/1/1966Haryana state was created from Punjab, and Chandigarh was declared as the Union Territory and capital of both Punjab and Haryana.
11/27/1994D. V. Purohit (Nanasaheb), veteran freedom figher and revolutionary, passed away.
9/28/1993Gas pipe below Karakas National Highway exploded claiming 58 lives.
2/2/1835Thomas Babington Macaulay westernises education in India. English is made official government and court language and as medium of instruction.
2/6/1932Veena Das, revolutionary freedom fighter, shot Stenly Jackson, Governor of Calcutta at the convocation ceremony of B.A. degree, but Jackson was afraid and bend down, thus the aim was missed.
7/14/1856Gopal Ganesh Agarkar, great social worker, was born.
6/15/1948Rajah Annamalai Chettiar, famous musician, social worker and Governor of the Imperial Bank of India, passed away.
1/17/1923Rangey Raghav, famous hindi writer, was born.
1/17/1925Abdul Hafeez Kardar, cricketer (Pakistan 1st Test captain, previously played for India), was born in Lahore.
1/23/1992India becomes ASEAN dialogue partner.