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Events for June 9

9-June-1659	Dara Shikoh was handed over to Aurangzeb's army by Jiwan Khan, a Baluchi whose life was saved by Dara.
9-June-1752	French army surrenders to the English in Trichinopoly, India.
9-June-1834	Dr. William Carey, great writer and social worker, died.
9-June-1900	Birsa Munda, freedom fighter and leader, died in Ranchi Jail.
9-June-1909	Baburao Arnalkar, famous detective story writer, was born.
9-June-1923	Idris Hassan Latif, Air Chief Marshal, was born at Hyderabad, Deccan.
9-June-1923	K. Alagirisami, famous journalist, playwright and story writer, was born.
9-June-1948	Laloo Prasad Yadav, former Chief Minister of Bihar, was born.
9-June-1949	Kiran Bedi, the first woman Indian Police Service Officer, was born in Amritsar, Punjab.
9-June-1957	General Election ( 2nd) of India ends.
9-June-1964	Lal Bahadur Shastri became the second Prime Minister of India when the country was shocked of Jawaharlal Nehru's death and Indo-China war. Shastri gave the quotation ""Jai Jawan Jai Kisan"" which motivated the war-affected Indians to boost their morale. He remained in this office till he died on January 11, 1966 at Taskent. In his cabinet, Indira Gandhi served as Minister of Information and Broadcast
9-June-1967	Narayan Shripad Rajhans, alias Bal Gandharva, went into a coma in Bombay and never regained his consciousness.
9-June-1980	M. G. Ramachandran's second AIADMK ministry takes office.
9-June-1986	ICMR set up a network of Reference/Surveillance Centres for AIDS in almost all states of India.
9-June-1986	First AIDS death reported from a private hospital in Mumbai.
9-June-1991	A question paper was leaked due to which the Civil Services preliminary examination was cancelled.
9-June-1991	Raj Khosla, famous film producer and director, passed away.
9-June-1992	LDF wrests Narakal while the UDF retains the Tanur assembly seat in Kerala.
9-June-1992	Rajesh Khanna (Congress-I) defeats Shatrughan Sinha to wrest the New Delhi Lok Sabha seat from the BJP.
9-June-1994	Yogi Dhirendra Bhramachari, [controversial Flying Swami], hindu saint, died in an air crash near Jammu. He was 70.
9-June-1997	Portfolio changes were effected by I K Gujral in Union Cabinet.
9-June-1997	At least 50 persons were killed and 5,000 families affected in a landslide triggered by heavy rains in Gangktok.
9-June-1998	Gujarat was hit by a cyclone killing 1,000 people in six days.
9-June-1998	81 persons are killed as cyclone hits the Saurashtra and Kutch regions of Gujarat and Jalore district of Rajasthan. Subsequently, the toll is put at 934 in the Kutch-Saurashtra region alone.
9-June-1998	The rupee plunges to an all-time low of Rs. 42.23/25 against the dollar.
9-June-1999	The Indian army occupies two key positions in the Batalik sector.
9-June-2000	The CBI-designated court frames charges against Bihar Chief Minister Rabri Devi and RJD president Laloo Prasad Yadav in the disproportionate assets case.