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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
3/11/1999Indian Davis Cup player and Asian Games gold medallist Gaurav Natekar announced in Mumbai his retirement from competitive tennis.
8/26/1949Social Democratic Party led by K. T. Shah formed.
4/1/1986Delhi beat Haryana by innings and 141 runs to win the Ranji Trophy.
2/11/1998The Punjab police unearth a plot to kill Prime Minister I. K. Gujral, Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, and Congress(I) leader Sonia Gandhi by a pro-Khalistan militant group.
7/1/1962Purushottamdas Tandon, great leader and editor, died at Allahabad.
6/22/1944British 14th army frees Imphal, Assam.
6/4/1953University of Cambridge confers honorary Doctorate of Laws on J. L. Nehru.
3/10/1995ONGC's oil rig that blew out ( January 8 ) at Pasalapudi site near Amalapuram (Andhra Pradesh) put out after 62 days.
2/19/1994Chambal dacoit Phoolan Devi, the Bandit Queen, was freed on parole after 11 years of incarceration.
12/7/1992Religious riots swept across India in the wake of the destruction of the ancient Babri Masjid mosque by rampaging Hindu fanatics in the northern Indian town of Ayodhya yesterday. More than 800 people had been killed and hundreds injured as Muslim and Hindu mobs stabbed, shooted and beat each other. The violence had thrown the government into chaos and had spilled into the neighboring states of Pakistan and Bangladesh. The army had been called out to restore order in Bombay, where street battles left 41 dead. The stock market had been closed down and Parliament forced to adjourn. Advani quit as the leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha.