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.