October9

Bibi Amar Kaur, freedom fighter, successfully hoisted the national flag at Jail Gate of Lahore. She was then arrested and send to Ambala Jail.

Sukha and Jinda, assassins of former army chief Gen. A. S. Vaidya, hanged in Pune jail.

The Reserve Bank of India issued bank notes in the denomination of Rs.1000 in the Mahatma Gandhi series bearing the leader's portrait in the watermark and signature of Dr. Bimal Jalan, Governor of the RBI. The length of the note is 177 mm and the width is 73 mm. The notes are printed in a combination of offset and intaglio processes. This is the first note with intaglio printing on it.

Utkalmani Pandit Gopabandhu Das, great freedom fighter, social reformer, educationist, poet, author, lawyer of modern Orrisa, was born in Puri District, Orissa.

Saifuddin Azizuddin Kitchlew, freedom fighter, President of Punjab and the first Indian to win the Lenin Award for International Peace, died.

Air Force was established.

British troops occupy Andaman in Gulf of Bengal.

The Territorial Army of India inaugurated by the Governor General.

International Dialing Telephone Service started between Mumbai and London.

Official Languages Rules, 1976 amended.

Production of Uranium 233 started at Bhabha Atomic Research Centre in Bombay.

PVN Rao granted anticipatory bail in St. Kitts forgery case till Oct. 14.

A special court convicts former Tamil Nadu chief minister Jayalalitha and her associate Sasikala and sentences them to undergo three years imprisonment and two years rigorous imprisonment in two 'Tansi land deal' cases.

Olympic Games open in Mexico City.

Asian Games begin in Bangkok.

C. R. Rangachari, cricketer (4 Tests for India, 8 runs @ 2.66, 9 wkts @ 54.78), passed away.

Sunil Kumar and Sai Jayalakshmy won the men's and women's titles respectively in the National Tennis championship in Delhi. Akshay Vishal Rao emerged boys' under-18 champion.

Kamal Bose, great photographer, died.

Jinnah's 9-point demands conveyed to Congress.

P. C. Joshi, General Secretary, Communist Party of India (CPI), appealed to all LEFT parties to rally around Nehru to fight for peace.

K. M. George established the Kerala Congress Party.

27-member ministry of National Conference headed by its president Dr. Farooq Abdullah sworn-in in J&K.

The Centre appoints Yogendra Narain as the new defence secretary and K. Sibal as the secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs while effecting a major bureaucratic reshuffle.