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Historical Event on 9/11/1889

Dr. P. Subbarayan, minister and leader of the House in O.P. and President of the Cricket Control Board, was born in Tamil Nadu.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/14/1681East India Company declared Bengal as a seperate presidency.
5/28/1989Kerala diocese of Marathakavalli was the first Christian priest in India.
6/19/1981APPLE, India's first experimental geo-stationary telecommunication satellite having experimental communication satellite, successfully launched by European Ariane, Kourou, French Guiana. This is the first to be stabilized on 3 axes.
6/19/1981Mughal conqueror Babur Shah (1483-1530) defeats Ibrahim Lodi II, the Lodi Sultan of Delhi, and captures Delhi and the Koh-i-noor diamond, in the First Battle of Panipat. He founded the Mughal dynasty in India (1526-1761), consolidated by his grandson Akbar.
4/14/1941Julie Christie, actress (Dr Zhivago), was born in Assam, India.
8/15/1997K.Sasikaran gets third IM norm in British Open Chess tournament.
2/21/1899Suryakant Tripathi `Nirala', famous Hindi poet, was born.
4/24/1929First non-stop flight from England to India takes-off.
2/21/1991The President accepts the resignation of 5 cabinet members who were disqualified by the Speaker as per the anti-defection law.
12/8/1970Army Ordnance Corps was awarded the 'Colours' by the Vice President of India, Shri G S Pathak, at AOC Centre, Secunderabad. The Ordnance colour is a scarlet silken flag with the Ordnance crest in the center and surrounding it is a wreath of Ashoka Leaves and Lotus flowers.