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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 |
| 6/6/1903 | A full length theatre plays like 'Bankimchandrer Sitararn', 'Alibaba' , 'Bhramar', 'Hariraj' , 'Sarla' and 'Buddhadeb' were released at Classic Theatre. These plays were picturised by Hiralal Sen with support of great dramatist Amar Nath Dutt. The main roles were performed by Amar Dutt, N.C. Basu and Kusum Kumari and rest of the characters belonged to the Classic Theatre of Calcutta. They received a great applause from the audience. |
| 6/11/1997 | Jaspal Rana and J. Abhijit in the men's section and Nisha Millet in the women's section adjudged best sports persons of the National Games. |
| 1/30/1993 | Dr. Syvatoslav Roerich, 89, renowned painter and husband of film actress Devika Rani, passed away. |
| 1/12/1901 | Umashankar Dikshit, senior leader of Indira Congress, was born. |
| 5/26/1931 | One hundred miners were trapped beneath a blazing mine. It was thought that there were unlikely to be any survivors in Madras. |
| 11/18/1936 | V. O. Chidambaram Pillai, great freedom fighter, social reformer, politician, prolific writer and leader, died. |
| 6/9/1991 | A question paper was leaked due to which the Civil Services preliminary examination was cancelled. |
| 4/16/1903 | Kalka-Simla Railway line section was opened for public conveyance. |
| 5/16/1998 | India rejects China's charges on N-tests. |
| 6/30/1931 | June Thorburn, actress (Touch & Go, Children Galore), was born in Kashmir, India. |
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