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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 |
| 11/19/1977 | Cyclone hits Andhra Pradesh causing flooding and tidal waves and killing 10,000. |
| 9/13/1997 | India drubs Maldives in SAFF football final in Kathmandu. |
| 11/12/1997 | India elected to executive board of UNESCO. |
| 6/29/1909 | Pandit Motilal, social reformer and freedom fighter, was born. |
| 3/23/1931 | Bhagat Singh, Shivram Rajguru and Sukhdev, great freedom fighters and revolutionaries, were hanged for assasination of Saunders, Assistant Superintendent of Police in the Central Jail at Lahore. Bhagat Singh and his associates showed no signs of any fear as they kissed the noose, chanting ""Inquilab Zindabad"" (long live the revolution). |
| 2/25/1982 | J. K. Irani, cricket wicketkeeper (2 Tests for India 1947-48), passed away. |
| 1/10/1993 | Advani, Joshi released on court orders. |
| 4/14/1907 | P. C. Joshi, famous Leftist leader and thinker, was born. |
| 1/10/1986 | Pakistan decides to lift 8-year-old ban on private trade with India. |
| 9/29/1997 | Crown Prince of Spain, Felipe de Borbon, visits India. |
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