Today Importance - 9th March

Today Importance - 9th March

9-Mar-1500

Pedro Cabral left Portugal with 13 ships bound for India.

9-Mar-1650

Famous Saint Tukaram Maharaj of Maharashtra passed away.

9-Mar-1836

Nabalram Lakshmiram Pandya, famous Gujarati writer and critic, is born.

9-Mar-1858

The last Mughal Emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar II was exiled to Rangoon in 1857 under the guise of the First Indian Rebellion.

9-Mar-1863

Laxman Bapuji Kolhatkar (Bhaurao), famous singer and actor of Marathi theatre, was born.

9-Mar-1897

Fans started calling the team 'Indian' (this became official in 1915).

9-Mar-1902

Edward Durrell Stone, American architect (US Embassy, New Delhi), is born.

9-Mar-1914

Hansraj Rahba is born as the auspicious character and dynamic writer.

9-Mar-1931

The Tories have decided not to attend future roundtable talks on India in London.

9-Mar-1931

Karan Singh, politician, is born.

9-Mar-1951

Famous tabla player Ustad Zakir Hossain was born.

9-Mar-1961

Vishnu Sahai was appointed Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this post till 15-04-1962.

9-Mar-1961

Noted journalist Kotamaraju Rama Rao passed away.

9-Mar-1966

India has bowed to Sikh demands for a Punjab-speaking state.

9-Mar-1974

Renowned Manipuri dance guru Guru Amudan Sharma passed away.

9-Mar-1989

PLO Chairman Yasir Arafat arrived in India on a two-day state visit.

9-Mar-1990

Former Punjab Chief Minister Darbara Singh passed away.

9-Mar-1993

14 bus passengers burnt to death in Andhra

9-Mar-1993

AIADMK breaks alliance with Congress in Tamil Nadu

9-Mar-1994

Devika Rani Roerich, the first lady of the Indian screen, passed away in Bangalore at the age of 87.

9-Mar-1996

Chowdhury Randhir Singh was appointed Governor of Sikkim.

9-Mar-1996

India-Pakistan won the World Cup quarter-final cricket match at Bangalore (Wills World Cup). This was Javed Miandad's last international match.

9-Mar-1997

Bangladesh and Chakma refugee leaders have signed a historic agreement to repatriate 50,000 refugees sheltered in six camps in Tripura over the past 11 years.

9-Mar-1997

Bejwada Gopal Reddy, 89, former Union minister and former chief minister of Andhra Pradesh, dies.

9-Mar-1997

Mumbai won the Wills Trophy in Mohali.

9-Mar-1998

Chess legend Viswanathan Anand won the title of Super Grand Master.

9-Mar-1999

Rabri Devi took oath as the Chief Minister of Bihar for the second time.

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