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Historical Event on 3/9/1994

Devika Rani Roerich, the first lady of the Indian screen, died at the age of 87 years in Bangalore.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/3/1986Pope John Paul II meets Mother Teresa at Calcutta.
2/20/1928Abaji Narayan Pednekar, children's story writer, was born.
6/5/1981Gopal Saini at Tokyo sets record for 3000m ST. in 8,30.88.
6/27/1998Homi J. H. Taleyarkhan, Gandhian, Congressman and former Sikkim Governor, dies at 86.
10/26/1969Neil Armstrong, the first men to land on Moon by 'Apollo II ', and Edwin Aldrin came to Bombay.
4/2/1994Governor Bhanu Prakash Singh dismisses Wilfred D'souza Government in Goa.
2/24/1880Satyanarayan, great poet of Kannada language, was born.
11/19/1838Keshab 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.
11/16/1988India gives full recognition to the state of Palestine.
7/12/1947Pochiah Krishnamurthy, great Indian cricket wicket-keeper (1971 WI tour), was born in Hyderabad.