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Historical Event on 6/9/1964

Lal Bahadur Shastri became the second Prime Minister of India when the country was shocked of Jawaharlal Nehru's death and Indo-China war. Shastri gave the quotation ""Jai Jawan Jai Kisan"" which motivated the war-affected Indians to boost their morale. He remained in this office till he died on January 11, 1966 at Taskent. In his cabinet, Indira Gandhi served as Minister of Information and Broadcasting.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/17/1910Smt. Anutai Wagh, great social worker, passed away.
8/25/1960Olympics opened at Rome.
9/23/1908Ramdhari Singh Dinkar, famous Hindi poet, was born.
8/14/1968Week-long flood death toll reaches 1,000.
1/24/1994India sends six proposals to Pakistan to resolve bilateral problems.
9/14/1967US announces plan to give India $1.3 million to buy contraceptives.
9/9/1999Mr. V. Sudarshan, Foreign Editor of The Pioneer till recently gets the Appan Menon Award.
11/19/1998The Indira Gandhi memorial award is presented to Mirta Saavedra Polo, Ambassador of Panama, for her contributions to strengthening bilateral relations between India and Pakistan.
3/27/199740 more inducted in UP cabinet, raising strength to 45.
4/16/1959Raurkela Iron Project's first furnace started functioning.