Today Importance - 9th September

Today Importance - 9th September

9-Sep-1812

Bank of Bengal issued the first paper currency. These bank notes were later printed in England by Perkins, Heath & Company. They can be divided into at least 10 different types. They were issued in a wide range starting from Rs. 10 to Rs. 1000

9-Sep-1850

Born Bharatendu Harish Chander, poet and dramatist, father of modern Hindi literature.

9-Sep-1872

Birth of Bengali poet Saraladevi Chaudharani.

9-Sep-1896

Freedom fighter, social worker and Padma Shri awardee Shyam Lal Gupta 'Parshad' was born in Narwal village near Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh.

9-Sep-1898

India's Department of Explosives was established at Nagpur. It is currently under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India.

9-Sep-1920

Anglo Oriental College, Aligarh became Aligarh Muslim University. It was the first university to use regional languages.

9-Sep-1923

The first magazine 'Kiran' was published by Ravikiran Mandal.

9-Sep-1941

Syed Abid Ali, the great Indian medium pace bowler and all-rounder, was born in Hyderabad.

9-Sep-1942

Shirish Kumar was martyred.

9-Sep-1944

Mahatma Gandhi had several discussions about Pakistan with Mohammad Ali Jinnah between 9 September and 27 September.

9-Sep-1947

The great philosopher, linguist, art historian, painter and critic Anand Kentish Kumaraswamy has died in Needham, Boston.

9-Sep-1949

Hindi is acknowledged as the public language of India.

9-Sep-1952

Kishorelal Ghanshamlal Mashruwala, the great thinker and philosopher of the Gandhian era passed away.

9-Sep-1981

Feroze Edulji Palia, cricketer (two Tests for India, 29 runs and 0/13), died.

9-Sep-1991

Gold ornaments pawned by Goans in Portuguese banks were returned to their owners.

9-Sep-1993

Prime Minister Narasimha Rao arrived in Seoul on a three-day visit.

9-Sep-1997

The designated court decided to frame charges against 49 people, including Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray, BJP president LK Advani and former U.P. included. Chief Minister Kalyan Singh on 6 December 1992 regarding the demolition of the Babri Masjid in Ayodhya.

9-Sep-1997

Tamil Manila Congress President G.K. Mupanar and his party colleagues resigned from the Rajya Sabha following a petition filed by Union Minister of State for Civil Aviation Jayanthi Natarajan and Peter Alphonse seeking the disqualification of Shiv Sena member Sanjay Nirupam for defecting from the Congress. (I)'.

9-Sep-1997

Praveen Thipse became India's third chess grandmaster.

9-Sep-1999

Mahesh Bhupathi and Ai Sugiyama won the mixed doubles title at the US Open.

9-Sep-1999

Shri V Sudarshan, Foreign Editor of The Pioneer recently received the Appan Menon award.

9-Sep-2000

Venus Williams won the women's singles at the US Open Championship.