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Historical Event on 3/9/1951
Ustad Zakir Hussain, famous Tabla player, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/3/1912 | Sohrab Pirojsha Godrej, great industrialist, was born. |
| 1/23/1975 | Omeo Kumar Das, one of the great patriots of Assam, passed away at the age of 81. He selflessly worked for the tea plantation workers and made efforts to get them better living standards. He translated Gandhiji's autobiography ""My Experiments with Truth"" in Assamese language. |
| 12/1/1993 | Nirubhai Desai, freedom fighter, veteran journalist and socialist, passed away. |
| 11/12/1958 | Satyajit Ray gets the award for best direction at the San Francisco International Film Festival. |
| 11/19/1838 | Keshab Chandra Sen (1838-84), nationalist leader of Bengal, was born in Calcutta. He was one of the first Indians to sow the seeds of secularism in the country. He joined the Brahmo Samaj in 1857 but seperated from it in 1866 and founded Brahma Samaj of India, a radical offshoot of the Adi Brahmo Samaj. |
| 6/13/1992 | Purushottam Diwakar Dhavle, famous journalist, passed away. |
| 8/29/1998 | Prasar Bharti ordinance promulgated. |
| 3/7/1998 | A. B. Vajpayee is elected leader of the BJP Parliamentary Party. |
| 11/16/1958 | India and U.S.S.R. sign trade agreement to exchange Soviet industrial and agricultural equipment for farm commodities at Moscow. |
| 8/27/1870 | Sharmajivi Sangha was established in Calcutta by Sashipada Banerji. |
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