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Historical Event on 9/2/1911

Chamaklal Dahyabhai Vyas, great poet, was born at Gujarat, Vyara.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/21/1996Japan gets non-permanent seat in Security Council after a contest with India.
4/13/1982Pandit Parmanand, founder member of `Gather Party', passed away.
2/27/1992Narasimha Rao elected Congress (I) President in the party poll held after a gap of 20 years.
9/23/1980Indira Gandhi gains power to imprison without trial.
8/15/1942Mahadev Haribhai Desai, an activist and Mahatma Gandhi's personal secretary, died of heart failure at Aga Khan's Palace.
1/17/1987Tata Football Academy was opened in Tatanagar.
12/27/1962India and Pakistan begin negotiations over Kashmir.
12/25/1995First major multi-organ transplant in the country performed in Apollo Hospital in Madras.
8/15/1947India and Pakistan gain independence (dominion status). Lord Mountbatten becomes Governor General of India and Mohammad Ali Jinnah is appointed the Governor General of Pakistan. Independent India's first cabinet meeting with Jawaharlal Nehru as Prime Minister held. Members of the first Cabinet were: 1. J. L. Nehru - PM, External and Commonwealth Relations and Scientific Research, 2. Sardar Patel - Home Information and Broadcasting and States, 3. Dr. Rajendra Praised - Food and Agriculture, 4. Maulana Azad - Education, 5. John Mathai - Railways and Transport, 6. Sardar Baldev Singh - Defence, 7. Jagjivan Ram - Labour, 8. C. H. Bhabha - Commerce, 9. R. A. Kidwai - Communications, 10. Rajkumari Amrit Kaur - Health, 11. B. R. Ambedkar - Law 12. R. K. Sanmukham Chetty - Finance, 13. Shyama Prasad Mookerji - Industries and Supplies, 14. N. V. Gadgil - Works, Mines and Power.
1/1/1948India raised voice against Pakistani infilatration in the country. A complaint was lodged in the Security Council of United Nation on Kashmir invasion.