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Historical Event on 9/11/1999
India's Sachin Ratti won the men's singles title in the New Zealand International Badminton championship, defeating top seed and world No. 23 Rio Suryana of Australia in the final.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
11/8/1988 | At 0910 hrs, One - O - Four's moments of glory were frozen for eternity when it received the coveted colours from the then President of Indian R Venkatraman. |
3/2/1938 | Chandrakumar Agarwala, assamia poet, passed away. |
6/15/1960 | Bardwan University was established in West Bengal. |
9/21/1938 | Prof. Raghuveer Singh Rathore, Cricket Test umpire for one test in 1990-91, was born in Rajasthan. |
6/24/1946 | Congress party rejects British plan for provisional govt. pending constitution in New Delhi. |
7/29/1979 | Choudhary Charan Singh was sworn in as the fifth Prime Minister of India heading the Janata (S)-Congress coalition. He held this office till January 14, 1980. Jagjivan Ram became the leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha. |
1/30/1968 | Makhanlal Chaturvedi, famous Hindi poet, writer and President of All India, passed away. |
7/8/1996 | T.N. Seshan, Chief Election Commissioner, wins Magsaysay award. |
9/29/1991 | Ustad Yunus Hussain Khan, famous singer of 'Agra Gharana', passed away. |
3/16/1993 | Bomb blast in a multi-storey building in Calcutta kills 70 people. |
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