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Historical Event on 11/9/1999
Prof. Romila Thapar, historian, is elected to the highest British academic honour.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/17/1917 | Krishan Kumar Chopra, medical practitioner and social worker, was born at Lahore. |
| 11/20/1888 | Gurunath Bewoor, director general, was born at Bewoor village, district Bijapur. |
| 4/6/1664 | Harkhishan Singh, Sikh Guru, died. |
| 10/14/1956 | Dr. Bhimrao Ramji, Ambedkar and about two lakh scheduled caste men and women embraced Buddhism in Nagpur. |
| 9/1/1798 | England signs treaty with Nizam of Hyderabad, India. |
| 4/9/1954 | India reports only 43\% of population speaks 15 recognized languages, noting 720 dialects, 23 tribal tongues. |
| 3/4/1996 | India and EU agree on a plan to boost trade ties. |
| 3/18/1924 | Madhusudhan Ramachandra Rege, cricketer (15 runs in only Test India v WI 1948-49), was born in Panvel, Maharashtra. |
| 12/4/1999 | A batch of 1,690 Indian soldiers leave for Sierra Leone to join the U.N. Mission to implement the peace accord. |
| 8/12/1966 | Mihir Sen swam Dadenelis. |
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