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Historical Event on 9/11/1987

Mahadevi Verma, Gyanpith award winner and one of the greatest luminaries of modern Hindi literature, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/26/1989The Constitution 62nd Amendment Bill, seeking to extend reservation for scheduled castes and scheduled tribes in Lok Sabha and state assemblies for another ten years, approved in Parliament.
3/18/1953Backward Classes Commission inaugurated.
6/13/1931Gandhi to live in a garret amongst the poor in London.
1/26/1961Special stamps dedicated to Mahatma Gandhi in the Champion of Liberty series issued by the United States postal department.
2/6/1915Poet Pradeep (Ramchandra Divedi) was born at Bandnagar, MP.
2/19/1978Pankaj Mallik, famous Bengali music director and playback singer, passed away. He was the singer of the famous Hindi song ""Piya Milan Ko Jaana"".
9/1/1934Suniti Kumar Ghosh, cricket test umpire for two tests from 1988-89, was born in Bengal.
6/18/1879Venketeshwar Bachhali, famous physics scientist, was born.
9/6/1947Indian government creates a new ministry of relief and rehabilitation of refugees.
2/16/1911Bhalchandra Gopal Bapat, newspaper editor and educationalist, was born.