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Historical Event on 6/9/1991
A question paper was leaked due to which the Civil Services preliminary examination was cancelled.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/16/1950 | Mithun Chakravorty, famous Hindi film actor, was born. |
| 1/14/1995 | The 5th Pay Commission suggests trimming of bureaucracy. |
| 9/26/1956 | Laxmanrao Kirloskar, great social reformer, industrialist, patriot and founder of the Kirloskar Industries, passed away at the age of 88. |
| 8/10/1992 | P. P. Thorat, retired Lt and General, died. |
| 5/22/1961 | Jnanpeeth Award was instituted and the first award was given in 1965. This award is given for the best creative literary writing by any Indian citizen in any of the languages included in the VIII Schedule of the Indian Constitution. The award carries a cash price of Rs 2.5 lakh, a citation and a bronze momento. |
| 4/5/1993 | G. V. Iyer's Sanskrit film 'Bhagavad Geeta was adjudged the best film at the National Film Awards. |
| 2/16/1944 | Dadasaheb Phalke passed away in Nasik at the age of 74. He is remembered as the 'Father of Indian Cinema'. He produced India's first feature Film, 'Raja Harishchandra'. He was Director, Producer, Writer, Editor & Laboratorian. Dada Saheb Phalke Award issued by Government of India is given in his memory. |
| 6/23/1997 | Communication equipment worth several crores destroyed and Chennai's land and mobile telephone networks thrown out of gear in a fire at Anna Road telephone exchange. |
| 10/17/1979 | Mother Teresa, social worker, awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. |
| 1/22/1990 | FIR registered in Bofors kickbacks case. |
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