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Historical Event on 11/9/1942

Jami, last evergreen poet of Parsi language, died.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/2/1929Amritlal Basu, famous Bengali playwright, died.
10/4/1997J & K Assembly passed the Ladakh Hill Council Bill.
8/12/1979Heavy rains resulted in bursting of a dam thus causing floods in Moorvi and Lilapur in Gujarat, killing over 1,335 people.
8/1/1927Dr. Rahi Masoom Raza, famous Hindi litterateur, was born.
10/30/1933Dara Nadirsha Dotiwala, cricket Test umpire for 6 tests from 1981-88, was born in Mumbai.
12/23/1912Rash Behari Ghosh and Sachin Sanyal threw a bomb at Viceroy Lord Hardinge II in Delhi. He had come to Delhi on an elephant for the initiation of the new capital. The Viceroy was injured in the bomb blast.
3/31/1994Argentina President Carlos Menem visits India.
5/28/1963Estimated 22,000 die in another cyclone in Bay of Bengal (India).
2/15/2000K.R. Narayanan, President, presents Dada Saheb Phalke Award for 1998 to B.R. Chopra for his contribution to Indian cinema.
11/1/1966Punjab High Court was renamed as Punjab & Haryana High Court. This court was established in Chandigarh for Punjab, Haryana & Chandigarh territory.