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Historical Event on 6/9/1999

The Indian army occupies two key positions in the Batalik sector.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/6/1996Benazir Bhutto,Pakistan PM, gives green signal for opening up trade with India.
8/6/1905Chittaranjan Das ""Desh Bandhu"", freedom fighter and advocate, started an organisation named ""Swadeshi Mandali"". He also founded magazine named Narayana in 1914 and a Bengali weekly in 1922 and the daily 'Forward'.
3/7/1994India and Iran sign three MoU in Tehran.
1/1/1979This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Year of the Child"".
1/31/1983The first floating Dry Dock was launched at Howrah.
9/22/1996Passport seekers are given an option of 10 years (Rs. 300) or 20 years (Rs. 600) period.
9/22/1996Amir Timur of Timur Lang invaded India with 92 squadrons of horses and 90,000 cavalry and reached the banks of Sindhu river near Atak city (now in Pakistan). He then attacked Delhi because its Muslim Sultanate was too tolerant of Hindu idolatry. A Mongolian follower of Sufism, he was one of the most ruthless of all conquerors. Timur crossed the Indus River at Attock (now in Pakistan) on 24 September 1398.
11/17/1935Deodhar Gopal Krishna, great social worker and architect of ""Seva Sadan"" (Pune), passed away.
7/31/1993Air Chief Marshal Nirmal Chandra Suri PVSM, AVSM, VM, ADC. retired as the Air Officer Commanding, India Command.
3/15/1920Ranganandhan Francis, field hockey (Olympic-gold-1948, 52, 56), was born.