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Historical Event on 9/6/1774
British Government supported Peshwa Raghunath Rao to re-conqure Pune.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/21/1882 | Vaman Malhar Joshi, Marathi novelist, was born. |
| 3/16/1992 | Satyajit Ray, veteran film producer and director, was presented the honorary Oscar by a three-member Oscar committee at a Calcutta nursing home. |
| 6/24/1961 | Indian Manufactured Supersonic fighter HF24 flew took to air for the first time. |
| 3/5/1851 | Geological Survey of India was established in Calcutta. |
| 1/12/2000 | Dr. Gurudev S. Khush of the Manila-based International Rice Research Institute wins the Wolf prize for Agriculture for the year 2000. |
| 7/14/1963 | Swami Shivanand Saraswati, religious leader, passed away. |
| 7/16/1997 | Kamal Hassan gets best actor award for ''Indian'' while Tabu bags best actress award for ''Maachis''. |
| 4/5/1938 | Anil Rakeshi, great poet, Hindi writer and critic, was born at Nahan (H.P.). |
| 8/1/1920 | Under the leadership of Gandhi, the non-cooperation movement was launched against Lord Chelmsford. ""Firmness in truth,"" was his strategy of noncooperation and non-violence against India's Christian British rulers. Later, he resolved to wear only 'dhoti' to preserve homespun cotton and simplicity, followed with grassroots agitation. This began with renunciation of honorary titles like 'Sir' given by the British. Thereafter, it was followed by the boycott of legislatures, elections and other Government works. Foreign clothes were burnt and Khadi became a symbol of freedom. The movement was a great success despite firing and arrests. By the end of 1921, all important national leaders, except Gandhi, were in jail, along with 3000 others. However, in February 1922, at Chaurichaura, Uttar Pradesh, violence erupted and Gandhi called off the movement. He was imprisoned and the movement was over. |
| 6/14/1958 | Dr. C.V. Raman receives the Lenin Peace Prize in Kremlin. |
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