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Historical Event on 9/8/1911

Anand Gopal Sheorey, great Hindi writer, litterateur and journalist, was born at Sausar in Madhya Pradesh.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/23/1977Janata Party was formed. Congress Sangathan, Jansangh, Bhartiya Lokdal and Samajwadi Party decided to merge and create Janata Party.
9/24/1936It was reported that in the past two weeks over 2 million of India's depressed classes had renounced Hinduism in favor of Christianity.
7/3/1997Tamil actor Sivaji Ganesan gets 1996 Dada Saheb Phalke award for outstanding contribution to Indian cinema.
2/4/1953Indo-Pak talk on Kashmir opened under Dr. Graham in Geneva.
10/1/1997Ordinance promulgated to ban single digit or instant lotteries.
7/30/1933Gandhiji informs the Government of Bombay of his decision to march from Ahmedabad to Ras with 33 followers to revive Civil Disobedience movement.
12/3/1979Dhyan Chand, famous master of Hockey and Padma Bhushan awardee, passed away.
12/3/1979The first ship of the Dutch East India Company returned from Far East.
11/13/1999Punjab Police men, Railways women emerged Federation Cup basketball champions in Jalandhar.
2/2/1978Mahakavi G. Sankara Kurup, Malayalam poet, the first receipent of ""Gyanpeeth Puraskar (Award)"", and many other awards, passed away.