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Historical Event on 1/9/1946

Nanalal Dalpatram Kavi, famous Hindi poet, Gujarati litterateur, writer, headmaster and innovator of duel meaning phrases, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/16/1986Second SAARC summit held at Bangalore.
9/17/1937Sitakant Mahapatra, 1933 Gyanpeeth awardee and famous Orria poet, was born.
11/10/1990Chandra Shekhar Singh sworn in as 8th Prime Minister of India. He remained in this office till June 21, 1991 Devilal was sworn in as the Dy. Prime Minister.
3/8/1995Dr. Duranand Kanhan Pillai, great litterateur of Malyali language, died.
8/1/1970Bhopal University was established.
10/9/1963Saifuddin Azizuddin Kitchlew, freedom fighter, President of Punjab and the first Indian to win the Lenin Award for International Peace, died.
1/31/1994Milind Desai, 12, the youngest editor in Gujarati journalism, died of leukemia.
1/8/1947Rajasthan University established at Jaipur.
6/27/1939Rahul Dev (R. D.) Burman ""Pancham Da"", famous music director, was born.
12/8/1998An Indian film, 'The Terrorist' wins all top awards including the Golden Pyramid award for the best film at the 23rd Cairo International Film Festival. Santosh Sivan gets the best director award, while its actress Ayesha Dharker bags the best actress award.