January9

Govind Vasudev Kanitkar, noted poem writier, novelist and translator, was born.

Dr. Vrindavanlal Varma, famous Hindi writer and social reformer, was born in Jhansi. He mainly wrote historical and social novels, most famouse being "Mriganainee".

Pratab Singh Chaudhari, social worker, was born at Multan, Punjab .

Ramkrishna Ramnarayan Ruia, great industrialist, was born.

Harprasad Nanda, famous Industrialist, was born.

Theophane A. Mathias, educationist, was born.

Savita Jajodiya, famous Marathi writer, was born.

Harishankar Sharma, great educationist, was born at Jaipur.

Satyendranath Tagore, Bengali litterateur, passed away.

Nanalal Dalpatram Kavi, famous Hindi poet, Gujarati litterateur, writer, headmaster and innovator of duel meaning phrases, passed away.

John Major, British Prime Minister, addresses plenary session of the 'Partnership Summit' organised in Calcutta by the Confederation of Indian Industry.

Shivaji started Surat campaign and left the city after plundering the place.

A group of 21 Indian scientists team led by S. Z. Qasim started for the first ever Antarctica expedition on December 1981 - Jan 1982.

An Indian Airlines TU-154 plane crash lands in Delhi, all the 165 on board escape; Civil Aviation Minister Scindia resigns; PM cancels Dhaka visit; SAARC summit put off.

Har Gobind Khurana, scientist of Biology, was born in India. He did his M.Sc from University of Punjab and, for higher education went to University of Liverpool. In 1959, he produced a chemical called "Coenzymea", which is essential for certain processes in the human body. He was awarded Nobel Prize for medicine in 1968 along with Marshall W. Nirenberg and Robert W. Halley.

Gandhiji reached Bombay on his return from South Africa. He became a member of the Indian National Congress. He was awarded Kaiseri-e-Hind Gold Medal for Ambulance service on Jan, 11.

In 1971, 433 feature films produced in the world with a record and a top position in film production.

Indian diplomats and staff members evacuated from war-ravaged Kabul.

PM unveils India's state-of-the-art Main Battle Rank (MBT) `Arjun' at a New Delhi function.

John Gil Christ, founder of Fort William College Calcutta, passed away at Paris.

Britain signs the Trade Pack with India.

President suspends seven freedoms guaranteed by Article 19 of the Constitution.

T.N. Seshan, chief election commissioner, asks Centre to put off annual budget in lieu of State assembly elections.

Manipur Assembly removes Dr.H. Borobabu (Speaker) and suspends his membership until state election.

Three RJD ministers in the Gujral Cabinet - Mr. Raghuvansh Prasad Singh, Capt. Jai Narayan Nishad and Mrs. Kanti Singh - resign.