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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
12/1/1963Nagaland becomes the 16th state of Indian union.
9/9/1991Gold ornaments pledged by the Goans to the Portugese bank returned to owners.
10/18/1995President's Rule imposed in UP and the State Assembly put in suspended animation.
1/16/1985Balram Jakhar elected Speaker of the Lok Sabha.
8/26/1984An Indian Airlines Boeing with 68 passengers and a crew of six hijacked to Lahore. The 12 Sikh hijackers then surrendered to the authorities in the U.A.E and released all the passengers.
7/1/1984Ravishankar Maharaj, freedom fighter and national leader of the country, died at the age of 101.
7/7/1799Ranjit Singh captured Lahore in Punjab from Sikh rulers.
3/22/1997Deshabhimani daily, official organ of CPI (M), launches its 5th edition from Kottayam, Kerala.
2/7/1994C. T. Kamdar, famous industrialist and close friend of Mahatma Gandhi, passed away.
8/1/1927Dr. Rahi Masoom Raza, famous Hindi litterateur, was born.