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Historical Event on 9/9/1947
Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy, great philosopher, linguist, art historian, painter and critic, died at Needham, Boston.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/6/2000 | Benoy Krishna Chowdhury (89), veteran freedom fighter and prominent CPI(M) leader, died at a Government Hospital in Calcutta. |
| 1/8/1925 | The first All India Art & Craft Exhibition was inaugurated by Sir William Marries, Governor UP at Kaisar Baug, Lucknow. |
| 12/12/1964 | Maithili Sharan Gupta, famous Indian poet, Hindi litterateur, writer, social worker, patriot and Padma Bhushan awardee, died. |
| 9/20/1998 | A. B. Bardhan is re-elected CPI general secretary. |
| 9/20/1998 | Rumi, famous Muslim Sufi poet, was born. |
| 5/6/1775 | Nanda Kumar, king of Calcutta, was arrested. |
| 12/16/1960 | Ganesh Chintaman Karve, creator of Marathi dictionary and author, passed away. |
| 6/19/1947 | Salman Rushdie, English writer, was born in Bombay. |
| 6/14/1997 | India expresses regret over ""inadvertent intrusion"" of IAF helicopter into Bangladesh territory. |
| 12/28/2000 | India, Russia sign their biggest yet defence deal for licensed production of the Sukhoi-30 MKI fighter jets worth $3 billion. |
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