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Historical Event on 2/9/1991

India holds the last decennial census of the century.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/15/1860M. Visveswarayya, maker of modern Karnataka, was born. He was a notable engineer too.
9/16/1995Prime Minister inducts 16 new members into his Council of Ministers and elevates three deputy ministers to the rank of Ministers of State.
4/15/1794Moropant Paradkar, great poet of Marathi in Peshwa kingdom, passed away.
12/15/1951Scindia's SS Jal Pushpa launched.
11/10/1922S. K. Raghunath Rao, cricket test umpire for 7 tests from 1960-67, was born in Karnataka.
9/5/1997CBI chargesheets former Railway Minister C.K. Jaffer Sharief for possessing assets disproportionate to his income.
11/29/1952First international organization for birth control founded in Bombay.
4/21/1975Farakka Barrage dedicated to nation.
4/21/1975Guru Ramdasji died. His son Arjun Dev succeeded him and changed the offerings to the Guru into a regular tax.
4/3/1999Indian National Satellite (INSAT-2E), fifth satellite in INSAT-2 series, launched. This has multipurpose communication & meteorological capabilities. This is still in use. Launched by European launch vehicle Ariane, ISRO has leased eleven 36 MHz equivalent units of C-band capacity on board to INTELSAT organisation.