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Historical Event on 9/1/1989
Yasser Arafat chosen for the 1988 Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/29/1914 | German cruiser Emden shells Madras. |
| 9/21/1862 | Venkat Apparao Gurjad, famous Telegu poet, playwright, story writer, critic and social reformer, was born. |
| 8/18/1995 | Parvati Giri, also called the Little Mother Teresa, died in Orissa. She was 69. She was a social worker and had taken part during the Quit India movement. |
| 2/5/1924 | Gandhiji was released after operated on for appendicitis in Sassoon Hospital, Poona. |
| 3/1/2000 | P.Harikrishna becomes India's youngest International Master in the Sangli International chess tournament. |
| 8/15/1982 | Doordarshan's national programme and the first nationwide colour transmission started by Delhi Doordarshan. |
| 12/4/1894 | Swami Brahmanand was born at Hamirpur district in UP. He joined freedom movement and participated in Salt Satyagraha, Non Cooperation Movement and Quit India Movement. He also established Brahmanand Inter College (1938), Brahmanand Sanskrit Mahavidyalaya (1943) and Brahmanand Mahavidyalaya (1960). |
| 3/22/1963 | World Bank loans India $ 67 mil. to improve its railways. |
| 1/25/1856 | Battle of Seattle; skirmish between settlers & Indians. |
| 5/1/1972 | All fuel coal mines were nationalised. |
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