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Historical Event on 8/9/1911

Khorshedji Rustomji Meher-Homji, cricketer (Indian wicket-keeper 1936), was born in Bombay.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/14/1991Punjab was declared ""disturbed area""; army deployed.
1/23/1996Maharashtra govt. winds up the inquiry commission headed by Justice Srikrishna set up to probe the communal riots in Mumbai in Dec. 92-Jan. 93.
6/13/1879Ganesh Damodar (Babarao) Savarkar, revolutionary, was born.
8/18/1700Bajirao I, the second peshwa, was born.
4/13/1772Warren Hastings, who became the president of their Bengal Council, was appointed in the court of Directors of the East India Company.
4/8/1950Nehru and Ali Khan sign the Indo-Pakistani Pact.
9/1/1668Mumbai was handed over to East India Company by King of England.
11/21/1993India and South Africa sign a historic pact on re-establishing diplomatic and consular relations after a gap of 50 years.
3/18/1972First Indian Book Fair was organised by National Book Trust in New Delhi.
3/9/1961Kotamaraju Rama Rao, famous journalist, passed away.