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Historical Event on 1/9/1995

Manipur Assembly removes Dr.H. Borobabu (Speaker) and suspends his membership until state election.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/13/1917Gajanan Madhav, famous modern Hindi poet, critic and storywriter, was born.
1/28/1900General K.M. Cariappa, first Indian Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army, was born at Sanivara, Santhai (Coorg).
1/27/1987P. T. Usha nominated the Asian Athlete of 1986 by the US Sports Academy (USA).
7/31/1907Damodar Dharmanand Kosambi, famous ancient researcher and mathematician, was born.
2/2/1958Family tradition still counts for something in Indian politics. Indira Gandhi, the only daughter of Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and the granddaughter of a statesman, has been elected president of the Congress party in India. Mrs. Gandhi will be installed into her new office next Sunday, and her job is not expected to be an easy one. The Congress party has been wracked by internal dissension and has been on the verge of collapse. It is hoped that Mrs. Gandhi, who is 41, will breath some new life into the party. Most of the politicians who have been arguing about the future of their party and country are fairly old. Mrs. Gandhi, who is known for her leftist sentiments, is expected to act quickly to put her own mark on party policies.
2/26/1996Sahib Singh Verma sworn in as Delhi's second CM.
1/26/2001Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Lata Mangeshkar.
8/7/1905Indian National Congress declared to boycott the British goods for the first time against Bengal partition, and also advocated to buy ' Swadeshi.
8/18/1920Harbhajan Singh, educationist and writer, was born at Lumding.
9/8/1951The office of Controller of Military Accounts (Pensions) was re-designated as CDA(P), Allahabad.