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Historical Event on 3/9/1951
Ustad Zakir Hussain, famous Tabla player, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/1/1999 | India retained the SAFF Coca-Cola football title in Margao, beating Bangladesh in the final. |
| 10/13/1999 | No change in portfolios of Advani, Yashwant Sinha, Jaswant Singh and Fernandes. |
| 8/7/1941 | Rabindranath Devendranath Tagore ""Gurudev"", great Indian poet, voluminous playwright, Noble Laureate, social reformer, freedom fighter, painter and philosopher, passed away at Calcutta at the age on 80 years. He will be always remembered for the national song ""Jana Gana Mana"" and as a founder of Vishwa Bharati, Shantiniketen, etc. |
| 8/7/1941 | Zahir Al-Din Muhammad Babur Shah, founder of Mughal dynasty, passed away at the age of 48 at Dhaulpur. |
| 12/25/1969 | India all out for 163 at Madras vs Australia, Ashley Mallett takes 5-91. |
| 6/11/1991 | Over 106.6 million voters go to the second phase of national polls. |
| 7/4/1997 | Mumbai High Court directs BMC to reinstate G.R. Khairnar, the iconoclastic Dy. Municipal Commissioner suspended in `94 and removed from service in October 1996. |
| 1/3/1946 | Three High Ranked Officers of Azad Hind Fauj were released by Gen. C. Auchinleck. |
| 12/7/1992 | Religious riots swept across India in the wake of the destruction of the ancient Babri Masjid mosque by rampaging Hindu fanatics in the northern Indian town of Ayodhya yesterday. More than 800 people had been killed and hundreds injured as Muslim and Hindu mobs stabbed, shooted and beat each other. The violence had thrown the government into chaos and had spilled into the neighboring states of Pakistan and Bangladesh. The army had been called out to restore order in Bombay, where street battles left 41 dead. The stock market had been closed down and Parliament forced to adjourn. Advani quit as the leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha. |
| 8/1/1995 | Vohra Panel submits report, highlights nexus between mafia and politicians. |
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