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Historical Event on 11/9/1942
Jami, last evergreen poet of Parsi language, died.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/26/1946 | Mrinal Pandey, famous Hindi columnist, was born. |
| 1/15/1971 | Dinanath Damodar Dalal, great artist, passed away. |
| 8/25/1997 | Neelam J. Singh rewrites her own discussion mark in the domestic circuit meet in Chennai. |
| 12/9/1946 | The first meeting of Constitutional Committee Assembly was held in Parliment after a gap of two years, 11 months and 17 days. The Congress started its work of framing the Indian Constitution. Muslim League boycott failed to prevent Constituent Assembly opening. From 16th August 1946, the country witnessed communal riots on an unprecedented scale. At this crucial juncture, on 20th February 1947, Clement Atlee the British prime minister, fixed June 1948 as a deadline for transfer of power and Lord Mountbatten was appointed as the new Viceroy. |
| 4/9/1999 | K. Sasikiran won the National 'A' chess title with a round to spare in Nagpur. |
| 4/1/1989 | Bengal regains Santosh Trophy by beating Kerala. |
| 6/3/1901 | Mahakavi G. Sankara Kurup, Malayalam poet, was born. He was the first winner of the conveted Gyaanpeeth Award in 1965 for his poems "Odakkuzhal" in Malayalam. |
| 7/14/1963 | Swami Shivanand Saraswati, religious leader, passed away. |
| 1/7/1993 | C. Subramaniam, Maharashtra Governor, resigns. |
| 10/12/1997 | Queen Elizebeth II, accompanied by husband Duke of Edinburgh Philips, arrived in New Delhi on a week-long state visit to mark India's 50th anniversary of Independence. |
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