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Historical Event on 9/9/1947

Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy, great philosopher, linguist, art historian, painter and critic, died at Needham, Boston.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/17/1998Nine women are buried alive as the roof of the 200-year-old Balaji temple in Varanasi's Ramghat area caves in.
11/3/1991India's short range surface-to-air missile (SAM) 'Trishul' successfully tested.
4/14/2000The AIADMK expels senior leaders Sedapatti R. Muthiah, S. Raghupathy and Karuppusamy Pandian for ''anti-party activities''.
10/10/1964Gurbachan Singh Randhawa sets record for 110m Her. in 14.09s at Tokyo.
1/17/1997Supreme Court bans all non-forest activities including running of saw mills and mining in forest areas.
10/20/1919Chaitanyabala Divatia, great author, was born in Ahmedabad, Gujarat.
12/8/1932Indian Air Force Act was passed.
12/29/1959Durgapur Iron Plant inaugurated.
6/27/1922Vaidyalingam Akhiladam Perunglur, Gyanpeeth awardee and famous Tamil author, was born.
2/18/1992Vasantrao Karnik, great journalist, passed away.