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Historical Event on 9/9/1949
Hindi was accepted as the national language of India.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/19/1992 | The ruling Congress party wins local elections boycotted by Sikhs in Punjab. |
| 3/20/1952 | Anand Armitraj, great Indian tennis player (Brother of Vijay), was born. |
| 1/20/1931 | Saroj Kumari', a feature film produced by Mahavir Photoplays and Theatres Ltd., Secunderabad, was prohibited on January 20 on the grounds that it was ''sordid'' and ''revolting''. |
| 7/27/1947 | Princes were appealed to regard people's paramountcy as a privilege. |
| 2/19/1902 | Pandit Lallu Ram appointed as Hindi Professor at Fort William College, Calcutta. |
| 3/30/1997 | Congress Party withdraws support to the 10-month old H. D. Deve Gowda Government at the centre, and stakes its claim to form an alternative government. |
| 5/26/1906 | Benjamin Peary Pal, internationally famous scientist of Indian agriculture, was born at Mukundpur, Punjab. In 1929, he went to Cambridge to do research on wheat and he returned to Burma with a Ph.D. five years later. In 1933, he got a research job with what is now known as the Indian Agricultural Research Institute in New Delhi. In 1965, Pal became Director General of the newly founded Indian Council of Agricultural Research in New Delhi. He has written several books on roses, the most popular being ""The Rose in India"". |
| 1/14/1994 | C. V. Waran, veteran freedom fighter and social worker, passed away. |
| 11/5/1920 | Indian Red Cross society was founded in India under Bengal Act VIII. St.John Ambulance Association is a wing of this societywhich directed Improvement of Health, Prevention of Diseases and Mitigation of Suffering activities. |
| 11/6/2000 | Buddhadev Bhattacharya assumes office as West Bengal Chief Minister. |
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