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Historical Event on 9/11/1987

Mahadevi Verma, Gyanpith award winner and one of the greatest luminaries of modern Hindi literature, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/15/1998Tennis duo Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupati were ranked No. 2 when they won Dubai Open.
2/21/1993Naxals free Andhra Pradesh Congress (I) MLA P.Balaraju and a govt. official after 22 days in captivity.
3/30/1993Air Time Committee Chief P.S. Deodhar and its members resign in protest against the implementation of the metro channel of Doordarshan.
9/28/1940Pundit Sunder Lal Sharma, freedom fighter and social reformer, passed away. He was also known as ""The Chhattisgarh Gandhi"".
2/25/1968Judge Mohammad Hidayatullah became the Chief Justice of India. He held this office till 16/12/1970.
5/8/1971Mohinder Singh Gill at Fresno sets record for TJ in 16.79.
4/15/1946The Kangla Tongbi war memorial built for 221 members Advance Base Depot, who laid down their lives to repulse several waves of Japanese attacks, was erected near a village named Kangla Tongbi at Mile 8 on the Imphal - Dimapur road. It was originally erected from local stone and the main epitaph displayed above is of black Naga stone.
2/14/1922Bhimsen Joshi, great singer and composer, was born.
5/14/1993Justice V. Ramaswamy decides to resign.
2/24/1950G.J.M.Gazdar, computational linguist, was born.