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Historical Event on 9/11/1954

Ram Naresh, editor and Hindi author, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/20/1939Ramakant Bhikaji Desai, cricketer (effective pace bowler for India in the 60s), was born in Bombay.
3/28/1997Final phase of repatriation of Chakma and other tribal refugees of the Chittagong Hill Tracts from Tripura begins.
8/9/1952New Delhi reports that 20 mil. Indian peasants were imperiled by crop failures.
4/4/1994Ravi Naik, Goa CM, resigns.
8/6/1997Cabinet approves a proposal to amend the Hindu Marriage Act and the Special Marriage Act, with a view to removing epilepsy as a ground for annulling marriage or for declaring marriage as null and void.
6/1/1980AIADMK wins Tamil Nadu Assembly election; Congress (I) wins in U.P, M.P, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Punjab, Maharashtra and Orissa.
6/20/1987Dr. Salim Ali, internationally renowned expert of birds, died at Bombay.
7/26/1910Unrest flares up in the Deccan region of India. Demand grows for self-determination.
1/18/1999Gul Panag (20) from Delhi was crowned Femina Miss India Universe at the Miss India 1999 beauty pageant in Pune.
5/22/1996United Front prime ministerial candidate H.D. Deve Gowda unanimously elected leader of the Front's parliamentary party.