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Historical Event on 9/9/1941

Syed Abid Ali, great Indian medium pace-bowler and all-rounder, was born at Hyderabad.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/19/1994The Tamil Nadu Bill for continuance of the 69\% reservation policy in the state receives the President's assent.
1/18/1990Farooq Abdullah, J&K CM, quits.
1/12/1990Vimal Kumar and Madhumita Bisht retain National badminton titles.
11/13/1970Flooding ravages Ganges delta. 200,000 million killed.
9/5/1918Ratanji Jamshetji Tata, famous Indian industrialist and social reformer, died.
9/5/1918Mughal Emperor Akbar was proclaimed as successor of Humayun at the age of tewelve years at Kalanur, Gurudaspur district, Punjab. Akbar (1542-1605), grandson of Babur, became third Mughal Emperor at the age of 13 years. He de-established Islam as state religion and declared himself impartial ruler of Hindus and Muslims. He also encouraged Art, Culture and Religious Tolerance.
2/1/1901Six language penel were started on the Rs. five dinomination. These notes were single sided and the back side could be used for accounting purposes. The six languages were Urdu, Bengali, Telugu, Kaithi, Kannada and Tamil. The paper used for printing was white hand made and moulded.
10/21/1916Dinkarrai Dhirajlal Desai, cricket Test Umpire for 3 tests from 1955-57, was born in Gujarat.
12/15/1803East India Company captured Orrisa state.
9/22/1979Israel conducts nuclear test at Indian Ocean.