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Historical Event on 10/9/1963

Saifuddin Azizuddin Kitchlew, freedom fighter, President of Punjab and the first Indian to win the Lenin Award for International Peace, died.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/1/1851Publication of Marathi newspaper 'Gyanoday'.
8/3/1991About 280 kgs of gold ornaments valued at $15 million, which had been deposited in the Portuguese bank in Goa by its natives, flown back to India.
4/21/1938Muhammad Iqbal, famous Urdu poet, passed away.
7/1/1906Pulavar Kulandai, great author and poet, was born at Bhavani.
7/1/1906Sikandar Sur was compelled to surrender Mankot in Punjab.
11/23/1919Sitaram Mahadeo Bapat, teacher and author, was born at Miraj in district Sangli.
5/12/1949S Vijaya Laxmi Pandit, first woman foreign ambassador, was received in US.
1/5/199860 are killed as the Bareilly-Varanasi passenger train rammed the Kashi Viswanath Express near Hardoiin, Uttar Pradesh.
9/14/1932Durgavati Devi aka Durga Bhabhi, an revolutionary and freedom fighter, was born.
9/13/1984Swami Brahmanand died. He established Brahmanand Inter College (1938), Brahmanand Sanskrit Mahavidyalaya (1943) and Brahmanand Mahavidyalaya (1960). He joined the freedom movement and participated in Salt Satyagraha, Non Cooperation Movement and Quit India Movement.