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Historical Event on 6/9/1992
Rajesh Khanna (Congress-I) defeats Shatrughan Sinha to wrest the New Delhi Lok Sabha seat from the BJP.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/16/1877 | Ardaseer Cursetjee Wadia, professor, pioneer and innovator, died. He was the first Indian who was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society, London. He introduced lighting by gas and was the first to build ""INDUS"", a steam-ship in India in 1833. He also introduced sewing machine, photography and electro-plat |
| 7/29/1997 | Rabri Devi inducts 60 ministers, including 22 of cabinet rank, thus raising strength of her Council of Ministers to 74. |
| 6/7/2000 | Telecom Commission approves the free phone bonanza for all telecom employees announced by the Union Communications Minister Ram Vilas Paswan. |
| 6/27/1917 | Khanderao Moreshwar Rangnekar, cricketer (batted in 3 Tests India v Australia 1947-48), was born in Maharashtra. |
| 5/27/1962 | Ravishankar Jayadritha Shastri, cricketer (Indian SLA all-rounder 1981-92), was born in Bombay. |
| 7/29/1911 | Mohan Bagan became the first Indian football team to win the I.F.A. Shield. |
| 5/13/1916 | Vasudev Mahadev Salgaonkar, great Industrialist, was born. |
| 12/5/1935 | Bipinchandra Joshi, chief of Indian Army general, was born. |
| 10/4/1977 | Atal Bihari Vajpayee, External Affairs Minister of India, addressed the UNO General Assembly in Hindi language. |
| 10/17/1919 | The Khilafat Movement was launched under the leadership of Maulana Jauhar Ali, Maulana Shaukat Ali and Abdul Kalam Azad. |
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