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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 |
5/25/1993 | Kazakhstan offers Baikonur facilities to India. |
1/24/1957 | Kagaz Ke Phool, the first Indian black and white cinemascope film, was made. |
2/9/1992 | Pakistan bans JKLF march. |
2/18/2000 | Pandit Ravi Shankar is selected for this year's Subbarami Reddy Kalapeetham Foundation Award, a life-time achievement award, for his contribution to Indian music. |
3/23/1898 | Nalinibala Devi, Assamia poet, was born. |
5/16/1998 | India rejects China's charges on N-tests. |
10/20/1989 | Pakistan win Sharjah Trophy over West Indies and India. |
2/24/1899 | Maheshchandra Burjorjee Bilimoria, film distributor, was born. |
9/4/1993 | Lawyers all over the country decide to abolish addresses like 'My Lord', 'Your Lordship' and replace them with 'Sir', 'Your Honour,' etc. |
9/10/1920 | Calyampudi 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. |
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