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Historical Event on 3/9/1966

India yields to Sikh demand for Punjab-speaking state.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/10/1960First Nagpur session of Maharashtra State.
5/1/1994Six leading Akali factions dissolved to form a new party, the Shiromani Akali Dal-Amritsar, which wanted a 'Sikh State'.
10/6/1999INLD-BJP combine wins by big margin in Haryana.
9/30/1989INS Shalki, India's first indigenously built submarine, launched in Bombay.
10/21/1999B. R. Chopra, filmmaker, gets the Dadasaheb Phalke Award.
10/16/1952Pakistan's first Test vs India starts at Delhi.
3/17/1955Indian Standard's Institute started working to control the quality of Indian products and the ISI mark was issued to quality products.
5/19/2000A `civil coup' in Fiji ousts the first ethnic Indian Prime Minister Mahendra Pal Choudhary. President Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara proclaims a state of emergency.
8/1/2000Lt. Gen. Padmanabhan to be new Army chief replacing Gen. V. P. Malik.
1/29/1983Indira Gandhi names 12 new ministers as Cabinet resigns.