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Historical Event on 11/9/1999
Prof. Romila Thapar, historian, is elected to the highest British academic honour.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/20/1933 | Annie Besant, veteran freedom fighter for India, died. |
| 8/21/1978 | Vinoo Mankad, cricketer, died. He played 44 tests for India and had 2109 runs and took 162 wickets. |
| 11/10/1698 | East India Company purchased Calcutta, which had not more than a village at that time. |
| 1/17/1889 | Shri Baldev Ramji Mirdha, great social worker, leader and politician, was born in village Kuchera, district Nagaur of Rajasthan. |
| 1/17/1889 | Vallabhacharya, founder of 'Pushthimarg Panth', was born. |
| 8/8/1911 | Following the end of a heavy monsoon, parts of India were hit by a cholera epidemic. |
| 9/24/1934 | Arvind Laxman Apte, right-hand batsman, was born in Mumbai. |
| 3/29/1996 | SC asks All India Indira Congress to modify its name as All Indira Congress (Tiwari). |
| 10/29/1971 | Cyclone and tidal waves struck Orissa state claiming 10,000 lives. |
| 7/26/1993 | Swami Chinmayananda is named 1992 Hindu of the Year for a lifetime of dynamic service to Sanatana Dharma worldwide. He attained 'mahasamadhi' on July 26 at age 77. |
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