Today in Indian History
Events for March 9
Events for March 9
9-March-1500 | Pedro Cabral departs from Pourtugol with 13 ships to India. |
9-March-1650 | Saint Tukaram Maharaj, famous saint of Maharashtra, passed away. |
9-March-1836 | Navalram Lakshmiram Pandya, famous writer and Gujrati critic , was born. |
9-March-1858 | Bahadurshah Jafar II, the last Mughal Emperor, was deported to Rangoon under the offence for rising of first Indian Mutiny in 1857. |
9-March-1863 | Laxman Bapuji Kolhatkar (Bhaurao), famous singer and actor of Marathi theatre, was born. |
9-March-1897 | Fans start calling the team 'Indians' (in 1915 it became official). |
9-March-1902 | Edward Durell Stone, US architect (US Embassy, New Delhi), was born. |
9-March-1914 | Hansaraj Rahbar, the unfolder of prominent personalities and dynamic writer, was born. |
9-March-1931 | The Tories decide not to attend future round table talks on India in London. |
9-March-1931 | Karansingh, politician, was born. |
9-March-1951 | Ustad Zakir Hussain, famous Tabla player, was born. |
9-March-1961 | Vishnu Sahay was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 15-04-1962 |
9-March-1961 | Kotamaraju Rama Rao, famous journalist, passed away. |
9-March-1966 | India yields to Sikh demand for Punjab-speaking state. |
9-March-1974 | Guru Amudan Sharma, famous Manipuri dance master, passed away. |
9-March-1989 | Yasser Arafat, PLO Chairman, arrives on a two-day state visit to India. |
9-March-1990 | Darbara Singh, former Punjab Chief Minister, died. |
9-March-1990 | Lalu Prasad Yadav to form JD Ministry in Bihar. |
9-March-1993 | 14 bus passengers burnt to death in Andhra . |
9-March-1993 | AIADMK severs alliance with the Congress in Tamil Nadu. |
9-March-1994 | Devika Rani Roerich, the first lady of the Indian screen, died at the age of 87 years in Bangalore. |
9-March-1996 | Chaudhary Randhir Singh appointed Governor of Sikkim. |
9-March-1996 | India wins India-Pakistan World Cup Quater Final cricket match in Bangalore (Wills World Cup). This was the last international match played by Javed Miandad. |
9-March-1997 | Bangladesh and Chakma refugee leaders sign a historic agreement for repatriation of the 50,000 refugees sheltered in six camps in Tripura for the past 11 years. |
9-March-1997 | Bezawada Gopala Reddy, 89, former Union Minister and former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, died. |
9-March-1997 | Mumbai takes Wills Trophy in Mohali. |
9-March-1998 | Vishwanathan Anand,Chess legend, wins the Super Grand Master Title. |
9-March-1999 | Rabri Devi is sworn in Chief Minister of Bihar for the second time. |
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