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Historical Event on 9/6/1774
British Government supported Peshwa Raghunath Rao to re-conqure Pune.
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| 12/6/1997 | Space shuttle Columbia's astronauts return to earth following a two-week science mission on an enquiry awaiting them because of botched satellite release. Columbia and its crew of six, including India-born Kalpana Chawla, swooped through a clear chilly sky and landed on runway at Kennedy Space Centre. Astronauts save runaway $10-million satellite by catching it with their hands. |
| 1/26/1997 | Government prohibits manual scavenging and construction of dry latrines in six states (AP, Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tripura, West Bengal) and all UTs. |
| 8/20/1993 | Mother Teresa hospitalized for malaria. |
| 11/24/1997 | Leander-Mahesh stumble at the final step, finish second in the World doubles tennis championships at Hartford. |
| 9/12/1686 | Aurangzeb ended Adilshah's kingdom. The garrison lost heart and surrendered Sikandar who was sent to the state prison at Daulatabad. Bijapur was invested and the city opened its gates to the Mughals. Bijapur as an independent kingdom ceased to exist. |
| 9/1/1947 | Mahatma Gandhi undertakes a fast for unity among Hindus and Muslims. He breaks the fast after 73 hours when peace is restored. |
| 4/26/1946 | V. K. Ramaswamy, cricket test umpire for 10 tests from 1984-till date, was born at Hyderabad. He has become one of the first Indian Test umpires to be invited to umpire in a foreign country along with P. D. Reporter. |
| 5/5/1942 | Henry Albert John Gidney, great leader and politician, died at New Delhi. |
| 2/4/1992 | National Renewal Fund for industries set up. |
| 9/23/1992 | Indian-designed pilotless target aircraft 'Lakshya' successfully tested. |
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