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Historical Event on 7/9/1969

India accepted 'Royal Bengal Tiger' as its National Animal, as recommended by the Indian Wild life Board. This Tiger is also known as the majestic tiger - panthere tigris (Linnaeus).

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/8/1894Lifetime of Swami Chandrashekarendra(1894-1994), venerated Shankaracharya saint of Kanchi monastery in South India.
5/25/1894Biharilal Chakravorty, bengali poet, passed away.
7/1/1996RBI reduces cash reserve ratio to 12\%.
3/26/1980Bombay gets its first rock concert in 10 years (The Police).
5/6/1910Edward VII, King of Great Britain and Emperor of India, died suddenly of pneumonia at Buckingham Palace tonight. He ruled Britain for nine years. Power passed immediately to his son George, the Prince of Wales, who will rule as King George V. The 68-year-old monarch's sudden death threw his country into a state of shock. Edward had apparently caught a cold during a visit the past weekend to the wet grounds of his estate at Sandringham.
8/15/1955Satyagrah started for the freedom of Goa.
7/27/19987 Hindus are gunned down in two Doda villages of Jammu and Kashmir.
7/1/1997Over 23,000 blowdowns completed in 1.2 m tunnel.
5/29/1658Dara Shukoh was utterly defeated by Aurangzeb in the battle of Samugarh near Agra.
3/4/1996India and EU agree on a plan to boost trade ties.