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Historical Event on 3/9/1966
India yields to Sikh demand for Punjab-speaking state.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/20/1686 | After clashes with Mughal soldiers, Jaub Chaarnak left Hoogly and settled in Sutnati. |
| 9/14/1868 | Swami Virjanand, Sanskrit grammar litterateur and master, passed away at the age of 90. |
| 1/21/1820 | Dalpat Rai, modern Gujrati poet, was born. |
| 3/31/1992 | The new five-year Export-Import policy relaxes restrictions. |
| 11/22/1873 | Leopold CMS Amery, British minister of Colonies (India), was born. |
| 6/9/1991 | Raj Khosla, famous film producer and director, passed away. |
| 11/10/1901 | Formal inauguration of the new North-West Frontier Province created out of the Punjab. |
| 11/16/1913 | Agnihotri Ambadas Shankar, journalist and litterateur, was born. |
| 2/2/1989 | France's highest civilian award, 'Legion d' Honour, conferred upon Satyajit Ray by President Mitterrand at Calcutta. |
| 12/22/1928 | An Alpine Romance', a 709 feet long sound film produced by Universal Picture Corporation, America, was the first sound film censored at Bombay on December 22. The other sound films censored on the same day were 'The Brox Sisters' and 'Bailey and Barnum.' |
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