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Historical Event on 9/9/1923

First magazine 'Kiran' was published by Ravikiran Mandal.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/24/1941Indian infantry attacks German tanks at Sidi Omar.
9/25/195414 Members of Parliament (MP) form a new party called the Union of Socialist Progress. Acharya Kripalani is the leader.
11/8/1960Subroto Mukherjee died while having dinner in Tokyo, where he had gone with the Air India International Airlines which made its first inaugural flight to the city of Tokyo, Japan.
2/9/1985Editor of 'Sakal', a Marathi daily newspaper, passed away.
12/20/1686After clashes with Mughal soldiers, Jaub Chaarnak left Hoogly and settled in Sutnati.
1/1/1949A ceasefire eventually came into force. Under UN supervision, a negotiated Cease Fire Line was drawn up on an actual holding basis pending future settlements. This meandering, and at places militarily illogical line, ran some 700 kilometres from Chhamb in the South to a map reference point NJ 9842 in Ladakh in the North. The fighting was to continue for 15 months, with heavy RIAF involvement throughout, but despite being continuously on an operational footing throughout this period, the re-organisation and modernisation of the service continued unabated.
5/5/1977Chandra Shekar chosen President of the Janatha Party.
6/28/1972Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis died. He was the first founder of Indian statistical Institute to receive world recognition. In 1958, he started his national sample surveys. A Sample survey means assessing a situation by studying a part of it which would represent the whole, some of his proposals were included in the second five year paln. His original work made him elected as fellow of the Royal society in 1945.
10/24/1990BJP-sponsored 'Bharat Bandh' in protest against L. K. Advani's arrest evokeed mixed response.
1/11/1986The Naval Dockyard Bombay celebrates its 250th Anniversary.