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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
6/11/1991Forty die in rioting in Srinigar, Kashmir.
9/30/1989INS Shalki, India's first indigenously built submarine, launched in Bombay.
9/1/1956Indian state of Tripura becomes a territory.
10/28/1962US pledges to rush arms to India.
4/5/1990Lok Sabha passes the Punjab Bill.
2/2/1982Geet Sethi becomes the youngest Indian to win the National Billiards' crown at Madras.
8/10/1986Gen. A.S. Vaidya, who was Chief of Army Staff, at the time of 'Operation Blue Star', was shot dead at Pune.
7/6/1939Manmohan Sood, cricketer (scored 0 & 3 in his only Test for India), was born in Lahore.
2/17/1994Bihar leader Ram Lakhan Singh Yadav and Mizoram's Dr. C. Silvera inducted into Union Cabinet.
5/27/1948The trial of nine men accused of assassination of Gandhi before a special court judge at the Red Fort. The trial ended on 30th Dec.