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11 September - India on this day26 events

1991

Tax concessions announced.

#money11-September-1991
1991

V. S. Narayan, 'Janmabhumi' Newspaper Group chief, died.

#publication#death11-September-1991
1888

Henry Heras, famous artist and an active member of the Indian Historical Records Commission, was born in Barcelona, Spain.

#art11-September-1888
1875

Koyaji Jahangir Kuwanrji, famous economist, was born.

#birth11-September-1875
1889

Dr. P. Subbarayan, minister and leader of the House in O.P. and President of the Cricket Control Board, was born in Tamil Nadu.

#birth#sports11-September-1889
1895

Vinoba Bhave (real name Vinayak Narhari Bhave), great Gandhian Acharya, was born at Ganoda village of Maharashtra.

#birth11-September-1895
1913

Waman Ganesh Talwalkar, Marathi journalist and story writer, was born.

#birth11-September-1913
1954

Ram Naresh, editor and Hindi author, was born.

#birth11-September-1954
1956

The PM announced in the Lok Sabha the conclusion of the Netaji Inquiry Committee that Netaji did die in an air-crash.

#air crash#general11-September-1956
1948

Mohammad Ali Jinnah, father of Pakistan, died.

#freedom fighter#death11-September-1948
1893

Swami Vivekananda represented Hinduism at Chicago's Parliament of the World's Religions, the first ever inter-faith gathering, dramatically enlightening Western opinion to the depth of Hindu philosophy and culture. He spoke for the first time in Chicago.

#religion11-September-1893
1987

Mahadevi Verma, Gyanpith award winner and one of the greatest luminaries of modern Hindi literature, passed away.

#literature#death11-September-1987
1906

Gandhiji addressed a mass meeting of Indians at Johannesburg, where they took oath of passive resistance against the newly promulgated 'Transvaal Asiatic Law Amendment Ordinance'.

#meeting11-September-1906
1995

PM Narsimha Rao inaugurated the State Panchayat minister's meet for discussing panchayat election, devolution of administrative and financial power to the local bodies.

#meeting#general11-September-1995
1948

Indian Government troops enter in the Hyderabad State.

#general11-September-1948
1967

China and India exchange artillery fire on Sikkim-Tibet border.

#general11-September-1967
1911

Amarnath Lala, right-hand Indian all-rounder of 30s and 40s, was born at Lahore in Pakistan. He was awarded with Padma Bhushan in 1991.

#award#sports11-September-1911
2000

A Delhi High Court exonerates senior Congress(I) leader and former Union Minister H.K.L. Bhagat in a 1984 anti-Sikh riot case in Delhi (in Mansarovar Park in East Delhi on November 1, 1984).

#law#politics11-September-2000
1950

Sorabjee Harmasji Colah, cricketer (69 runs in India's first 2 tests 1932-33), passed away.

#sports#death11-September-1950
1985

Sri Lanka score their first Test victory by 149 runs against India.

#sports11-September-1985
1999

India's Sachin Ratti won the men's singles title in the New Zealand International Badminton championship, defeating top seed and world No. 23 Rio Suryana of Australia in the final.

#sports11-September-1999
1824

Shivling Surge died at Alpayu.

#death11-September-1824
1921

Subramania Bharati, freedom fighter, Tamil poet and editor, passed away at an early age of 39.

#death11-September-1921
1958

India and Pakistan announced that most border disputes between the two countries had been settled.

#politics11-September-1958
1968

Central Government provides more autonomy to hilly region of Assam.

#politics11-September-1968
1993

Former Andhra CM Rama Rao, 71, weds 44-year-old college lecturer Lakshmi Sivaparvathi.

#politics11-September-1993