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Historical Event on 11/9/1962
Dhondo Keshav Karve, social reformer and educationist Bharat Ratna awardee, died.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/8/2000 | Dr. Surinder K. Vasal, Indian maize breeder, and Dr. Evagelina Villegas, Mexican cereal chemist, jointly awarded the World Food Prize-2000 for their decades-long scientific quest to produce quality protein maize for developing countries. |
| 1/4/1948 | Burma achieved its independence from Great Britain. In 1989, Burma changed its name to Myanmar to reflect the multi-ethnic composition of the country. Apart from the Burmese, the main ethnic minority groups are the Karen, Shan, Mon, Chin, and Kachin. Just as the Burmese did against the British, almost all of these ethnic groups have struggled against the Burmese government for self-determination. |
| 6/20/1911 | Dattatray Purushottam Karmarkar, veteran freedom fighter and former cabinet minister, died. |
| 6/28/1991 | K. Doraiswamy, a senior executive of the Indian Oil Corporation, was kidnapped by Kashmir ultras. |
| 2/11/1861 | Brahma Bandhav Upadhyay was born in Khanyan village of Bengal. |
| 12/12/1958 | Fergie Gupte takes 9-102 with leggies vs West Indies at Kanpur. |
| 7/29/1901 | Rudyard Kipling, the renowned author of stories and poems about colonial India and an unofficial spokesman for the British Empire, joined the rising chorus of criticism in regard to Britain's conduct in the increasingly unpopular Boer War. |
| 12/22/1977 | Nalinibala Devi, Assamese poet, passed died. |
| 12/3/1884 | Dr. Rajendra Prasad, first President of India, was born in Jeradei village of Bihar. |
| 10/6/1949 | Jawaharlal Nehru laid the foundation stone of National Defence Academy in Kharakvasla near Pune. |
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