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Historical Event on 11/9/1960

Subroto Mukherji, first Air Chief Marshall of Indian Air Force, suddenly died.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/14/1926Piloo H. Mody, social reformer, politician and architect, was born at Bombay.
5/9/1917Fighting breaks out at Kharkwasta in the north-west frontier of India.
12/8/1897Balkrishna Sharma ""Navin"", famous Hindi poet, was born in Bhyana village of Shajapur district in Madhya Pradesh
1/23/1978The motto ""Shastra se Shakti"" (Strength though arms) in Hindi written in Devengiri script was approved by the President of India as the motto of the Army Ordnance Corps.The original corps motto of the Ordnance corps was ""Usa Tela Tananti"" found in the arms of the board of Ordnance. This was translated to mean ""To the thunder his arms"". The corps song titled ""Ayudh Corps Mahan"" was introduced for the first time in 4th re-union of the Army Ordnance Corps. The song is to be played or sung ""within unit lines only"", during purely Regimental functions.
4/4/1991Gujarat CM Chimanbhai Patel JD (Gujarat)-to contest the elections with poll understanding with Congress (I).
11/14/1964Nehru Commemorative coin is released.
3/29/1978Jayasinghrao Mansinghrao Ghorpade, cricketer, 8 Tests for India and 229 runs, passed away.
7/9/1999Ashok Mitra (82), noted writer, academician and former bureaucrat, died in Calcutta.
8/15/1985Accord reached on the Assam foreign nationals issue, agitation called off.
1/14/1994Marathwada University renamed as Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University.