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Historical Event on 2/9/1989

Sanjay Khan, actor-director, critically injured in a fire accident.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/25/1993Kazakhstan offers Baikonur facilities to India.
1/24/1957Kagaz Ke Phool, the first Indian black and white cinemascope film, was made.
2/9/1992Pakistan bans JKLF march.
2/18/2000Pandit Ravi Shankar is selected for this year's Subbarami Reddy Kalapeetham Foundation Award, a life-time achievement award, for his contribution to Indian music.
3/23/1898Nalinibala Devi, Assamia poet, was born.
5/16/1998India rejects China's charges on N-tests.
10/20/1989Pakistan win Sharjah Trophy over West Indies and India.
2/24/1899Maheshchandra Burjorjee Bilimoria, film distributor, was born.
9/4/1993Lawyers all over the country decide to abolish addresses like 'My Lord', 'Your Lordship' and replace them with 'Sir', 'Your Honour,' etc.
9/10/1920Calyampudi Radhakrishna Rao was born at Hadagali in Karnataka. In 1945 he put forward the ""theory of estimation"" in statistics. His formulae and therorems, for instance the ""Cramer-Rao inequality"", ""The Fisher-Rao theorem"" and ""Rao-Black Wellistaion"" are now part of any standard textbook of statistics. For his significant contributions, Rao received the S. S. Bhatnagar Award, the Meghnad Saha Medal and the Guy medal.