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Historical Event on 2/9/1991

India holds the last decennial census of the century.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/17/1933Lala Amarnath scores a century (118) in his Test Cricket debut.
1/21/1997Railways emerges overall champion in national road cycling championship in Calcutta.
12/10/1999Dara Singh, the prime accused in the killing of Australian missionary, again gives a slip to police.
9/3/1997India and E.U. sign an agreement envisaging a $200 m. E.U. aid for the country's primary health care programme.
6/23/1894Edward VIII, king of Great Brit/N-Ireland and emperor of India (1936), was born.
9/27/1993Daily newspaper of Marathi Language ""Samna"" started its publication at Sambhaji Nagar (Aurangabad).
5/21/1930A raid of nationalists on salt works in Dharasana results in 630 casualties and the arrest of Mrs. Naidy, leader of the civil disobedience campaign.
3/14/1998Sonia Gandhi takes over as the Congress(I) president from Sitaram Kesri.
11/20/1930With all the pageantry of the British Empire, a conference of Indian and British leaders had been convened in London to discuss dominion status for India. Surrounded by Maharajahs in turbans, King George V convened the round table conference in the Royal Gallery of the House of Lords. Notably absent was Mahatma Gandhi, leader of the nationalist movement. The conference saw a breakdown of the Indian caste system as Brahmins dealt with spokesmen for ""untouchable
4/22/1993Air India engineers call off their 56-day-old strike.