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Historical Event on 11/9/1999

Prof. Romila Thapar, historian, is elected to the highest British academic honour.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/5/1999India's Aarthie Ramaswamy won the girl's under-18 crown in the World Youth Chess Festival in Oropesa, Spain. Koneru Humpy bagged the silver in girls' under-12.
12/29/1983Gavaskar makes the highest Test Cricket score by an Indian, 236* vs West Indies.
4/21/1659Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj meet Saint Samarth Ramdas Swami.
8/1/1947Partition of India into India and Pakistan. Power transferred. Lord Mountbatten becomes Governor General of India and Muhammed Ali Jinnah, Governor General of Pakistan.
10/21/1996Japan gets non-permanent seat in Security Council after a contest with India.
4/11/1992Dr. M.M.Thomas, Nagaland Governor, removed from office.
8/15/1982Doordarshan's national programme and the first nationwide colour transmission started by Delhi Doordarshan.
11/15/1830Ram Mohun Roy sailed for England. He was the first Indian Brahmin (then 'Brahmo') to go to England.
1/1/1991Bhanu Pratap Singh, Karnataka Governor, resigns. Goa governor Khurshid Alam Khan appointed in his place.
1/20/1972Manipur, Meghalaya and Tripura become states of Indian union. Arunachal Pradesh and Mizoram become Union Territories. Assam's North East Frontier Agency (Nepha) was renamed as Arunachal Pradesh territory.