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Historical Event on 11/9/2000

The 17-day old Manohar Parrikar led BJP Government in Goa wins the trust vote.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/28/1986Malayalam film `Chidambaram' directed by G. Aravindan wins best feature film award and Shyam Benegal bags the Best Director award for the Hindi film 'Trikal'.
5/29/1906Terence Hanbury White, novelist (England Have My Bones), was born in Bombay.
2/18/1997Dhaniram Baruah, controversial heart surgeon who claimed to have transplanted a pig's heart into one of his patients, released on bail in Guwahati.
9/10/1872Sir Ranjitsinhji Vibhaji ""Ranji"", Maharaj Jamsaheb of Nawanagar and noted cricketer, was born in village Sarodar near Jamnagar, Kathiawad. He was referred as ""The prince of a little state, but the king of a great game"". He also played for Sussex.
2/1/1881Cambridge Missionaries founded St. Stephen's College in Delhi.
5/7/1973Shivkumar Batalvi, famous Punjabi poet, died.
12/16/2000Kalyan Banerjee becomes the first Indian to head the Rotary Foundation, one of the richest bodies of the Rotary International.
1/14/1758Emperor of England's charter allowed the East India Company to keep to any booty taken in war against the enemies of the king and the company. The confisticated goods, after the war, could be kept with them.
1/25/1950The post of the Governor General of India was abolished.
2/7/198161 die in circus fire in Bangalore.