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Historical Event on 7/9/1969
India accepted 'Royal Bengal Tiger' as its National Animal, as recommended by the Indian Wild life Board. This Tiger is also known as the majestic tiger - panthere tigris (Linnaeus).
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/23/1983 | Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), the seventh biennial Commonwealth Summit, meets in New Delhi. |
| 7/22/1987 | A.G. Kripal Singh, 14 Tests for India and one century on debut, passed away. |
| 2/17/1994 | Former US Congressman Stephan Solarz named Ambassador of India. |
| 1/17/1981 | Central Government offers full statehood to Mizoram. |
| 4/5/1938 | Anil Rakeshi, great poet, Hindi writer and critic, was born at Nahan (H.P.). |
| 5/8/1997 | India decides to import currency notes for the first time. |
| 5/8/1997 | Alauddin Khalji conquered the throne of Delhi. In July declared himself as the Sultan. |
| 5/2/1992 | President J.B.Patnaik, former Orissa CM and PCC (I), arrested on corruption charges. |
| 12/6/1956 | Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (Babasaheb), great social worker, politician and writer of Indian constitution, passed away in Bombay. |
| 3/30/1999 | Services regained team title in the national boxing championship in Visakhapatnam. |
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