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Historical Event on 9/11/1987
Mahadevi Verma, Gyanpith award winner and one of the greatest luminaries of modern Hindi literature, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/1/1664 | Shivaji assumes royal title. |
| 12/29/1957 | 8,000 ton cruiser INS Mysore commissioned. |
| 9/1/1989 | Yasser Arafat chosen for the 1988 Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding. |
| 10/9/1968 | Olympic Games open in Mexico City. |
| 1/1/1999 | George Fernandes, Defence Minister, said the sacked Naval Chief, Admiral Vishnu Bhagwat, had been displaying ""disturbing tendencies"" for over a year and even threatened his successor, Admiral Sushil Kumar, with court martial. |
| 4/30/1909 | Kirpal Prem Nath, educationist, was born at Moga (Punjab). |
| 8/2/1993 | Seven JD (A) rebel MPs admitted to Congress (I). |
| 3/1/1995 | Iftikar, famous character actor, died. |
| 7/1/1997 | Voluntary Disclosure of Income Scheme `97 (VDIS) comes into effect. |
| 1/8/1992 | Luggage rate of railway passengers hiked by 30 per cent. |
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