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Historical Event on 3/9/1989
Yasser Arafat, PLO Chairman, arrives on a two-day state visit to India.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/1/1948 | Baroda State merged into Bombay Province. |
| 9/28/1985 | The first Indian Army expedition, sailing around the world in a small 37 feet fibre glass yacht named ""Trishna"", sailed off from Bombay. (10-1-87). |
| 5/17/1976 | 4 Indians successfully skied down from the slope of Trishul peak. |
| 2/23/1952 | Employees Provident Fund Bill and Miscellaneous Provision Act passed in the Lok Sabha. |
| 3/8/1998 | Indian Airlines operates two international flights with all women crew. |
| 5/8/1998 | Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh Prime Minister, gets the Gandhi award for 1998. |
| 1/15/1899 | Musaffir, Giani Gurmukh Singh, writer and politician, was born at Udhwal (Pakistan). |
| 8/14/1862 | Bombay High Court was established for Maharashtra, Goa, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu territory. This court has benches at Nagpur, Panaji and Aurangabad. |
| 3/13/1997 | H. D. Deve Gowda, Prime Minister, presented the G. K. Reddy Memorial Award to Shekhar Gupta, Chief Editor of The Indian Express. |
| 3/24/1968 | The second Indian-made rocket 'Menaka' successfully launched at the Thumba station. |
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