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Historical Event on 2/9/1984

Balasarasvati, eminent classical Karnatic singer and Bharat Natyam dancer of worldwide acclaim, passed away in Madras.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/23/1902Chaudhary Charan Singh was born at Noopur village in Hapur Tehsil near Meerut. He was a freedom fighter and had done many deeds for upliftment of Agriculture in India. He was the Prime Minister of India from July 1979 to January 1980.
10/2/1996Mother Teresa made honorary US citizen.
1/8/1968The Official Languages Act, 1963 was amended. Accordingly, a provision was made in Section 3 (4) of the Act of the effect that employees of the Union Government proficient either in Hindi or in English may carry out their work effectively and that their interests may no be adversely affected merely because they are not proficient in both the languages. According to Section 3 (5), it is necessary for bringing to an end the use of English language for the Official purposes of the union that resolutions to this effect are passed by the legislatures of the states (i.e. states where Hindi is not the Official Language) and after considring these resolutions, a resolution is passed by both the houses of the Parliament to put an end to the use of English language.
12/28/1981Salman Rushdie is awarded the Booker Prize for Midnight's Children.
12/3/1991Satinder Kumar Lamba appointed India's Ambassador to Pakistan.
3/16/1993Central government introduces pension scheme for 170 million EPF subscribers.
9/1/1909Father Kamil Bulke was born. He produced a handy English to Hindi dictionary. He did his Ph.D. on 'Ramcharita Manas' and was Head of Hindi Department in Patna University.
12/28/1977Sumitranandan Pant, famous Hindi poet and literaeur, died.
10/13/1679More than 20,000 lives were claimed near Massurla Pattanam city, costal area of South India, in a severe storm.
3/30/1993Punjab beat Maharashtra by 120 runs to win Cricket's Ranji Trophy.