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Historical Event on 1/9/1922
Har Gobind Khurana, scientist of Biology, was born in India. He did his M.Sc from University of Punjab and, for higher education went to University of Liverpool. In 1959, he produced a chemical called ""Coenzymea"", which is essential for certain processes in the human body. He was awarded Nobel Prize for medicine in 1968 along with Marshall W. Nirenberg and Robert W. Halley.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/19/1990 | Mr. Jagmohan takes over the administration in J&K as the new Governor after CM Farukh Abdulla resigns. |
| 12/27/1926 | Imperial Airways announces the first scheduled air service to India from New Year in UK. |
| 3/3/1996 | Haryana govt. bans liquor vends and bars in rural areas. |
| 12/3/1971 | During the ensuing melee, three of the Sabres were shot down while all Gnats returning to base were unscathed. The first blood of a new Indo-Pakistan air war had been drawn. Other encounters were to follow over the next 10 days within both Indian and Pakistani airspace, before a full-scale war began. |
| 7/16/1997 | V. S. Rama Devi, Secretary-General of Rajya Sabha, appointed Governor of Himachal Pradesh. |
| 8/18/1979 | Vasantrao Naik, former Chief Minister of Maharashtra, died. |
| 2/17/1993 | Rani Gaidinliu, freedom fighter, social reformer and political leader, died at her native village in Manipur. The British army made a surprise attack on her position and captured her. On 17th October, 1932, Pandit Nehru once wrote ""A day will come when India will remember her and cherishe her"". |
| 9/1/1956 | Pakistani troops infiltrated the Line of Control in Kashmir. |
| 3/11/1795 | Battle at Kurdla India, Mahratten beat Mughals. |
| 1/1/1994 | This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Year of Family"". |
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