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Historical Event on 1/9/1982
A group of 21 Indian scientists team led by S. Z. Qasim started for the first ever Antarctica expedition on December 1981 - Jan 1982.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/3/1930 | Jai Prakash, educationist, was born at Jaunpur. |
| 7/20/1955 | Suez Canal nationalised by Gamal Abdul Nassar. |
| 7/8/1914 | Jyoti Basu, former Chief Minister of West Bengal, was born. |
| 1/23/1919 | Govindagraj (Ram Ganesh Gadkari), great Marathi drama writer, comedy writer and poet, passed away. |
| 11/25/1999 | Baba Amte, a Gandhian and noted social worker, is chosen for the Gandhi Peace Prize. |
| 6/26/1991 | Sharad Pawar joins Union Cabinet as Defence Minister. |
| 8/3/1998 | India's most sophisticated medium range surface-to-air missile ''Akash'' was test-fired from the interim test range at Chandipur-on-sea. |
| 5/15/1998 | Pandit Ravi Shankar, Sitar maestro, receives the 1998 Polar music award. |
| 2/21/1990 | The Bombay Sappers join the club of the select few, who received colours from the President of India (21-2-90). |
| 10/17/1979 | Supreme Court stays the execution of all death sentences. |
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