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Historical Event on 11/9/1980
P. C. Joshi, former General Secretary of Indian Communist Party, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/8/1897 | Manindranath Basu, Bengali story writer and novelist, was born. |
| 4/24/1973 | Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar, cricketer (prodigy at 16, Indian capt at 23), was born in Bombay. |
| 3/11/1999 | Indian Davis Cup player and Asian Games gold medallist Gaurav Natekar announced in Mumbai his retirement from competitive tennis. |
| 3/19/1999 | The banned Maoist Communist Centre kills 34 Bhumihars at Senari village in Jehanabad district in Bihar. |
| 8/5/1975 | The RSS, Anand Marg, Jamat-i-Islami, and 23 other organisations were banned. Parliament approved Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Activities Act (COFEPOSA). Maintenance of Internal Security Act (MISA) approved by the Parliament. |
| 7/16/1931 | C. T. Studd, 69, died. He was an English missionary, one of the 'Cambridge Seven,' who worked on the mission field in China, India and Central Africa. |
| 6/13/1757 | Clive marched to Murshidabad against Nawab Siraj ud-Daulah along with the force comprising of 1800 British and 2000 Indian soldiers with eight canons. |
| 6/5/1966 | Indian rupee devalued by 36.5 percent. |
| 4/6/1664 | Harkhishan Singh, Sikh Guru, died. |
| 2/10/1921 | Wilhelm Conrad Von Roentgen, professor and nobel prize winner, passed away. |
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