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Historical Event on 9/2/1970
Parliament abolishes the privileges of 279 maharajahs in New Delhi.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/21/1956 | The Hindu Adoption Sub-Act 1956 was accepted. |
| 1/25/1999 | Dr. R. Chidambaram, nuclear scientist, among the 14 distinguished personalities chosen for Padma Vibhushan. Sachin Tendulkar and Ruskin Bond get Padma Shri. |
| 10/15/1961 | Suryakant Tripathi 'Nirala', famous Hindi poet, writer, editor, social worker and litterateur, died in Allahabad. |
| 5/4/1959 | Nehru rejects proposals that India and Pakistan resolve their differences and set up a common alliance against Communist China. |
| 3/5/1919 | M.L. Kapoor, great industrialist, was born at Lahore. |
| 9/11/1954 | Ram Naresh, editor and Hindi author, was born. |
| 1/14/1969 | Madras State renamed Tamil Nadu. |
| 3/25/1991 | 1991 census report released; India has 844 million people. |
| 1/19/1966 | Indira Gandhi elected leader of the Congress party to succeed the late Lal Bahadur Shastri as the third Prime Minister of India. She pledged to follow path of Non-Alignment in worlds affairs. |
| 7/21/1977 | K.S. Hegde elected Lok Sabha Speaker. |
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