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Historical Event on 9/11/1987

Mahadevi Verma, Gyanpith award winner and one of the greatest luminaries of modern Hindi literature, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/25/1899Narhar Gangadhar Apte, great Hindi writer, was born at Satara.
11/2/1889Tyagmurti Goswami Ganeshdutt, social worker, was born at Chiniot in Jhang district, Punjab.
2/18/1911Captain Vasudev Belwalkar, who had also written the novels on history and war, was born.
2/18/1911Saint Namdev passed away.
2/11/1942Jamnalal Bajaj, greatest iIndustrialist, social reformer, freedom fighter and Gandhiwadi, passed away.
8/2/1781Sakharambapu Bokeel, great politician in Maratha kingdom, died.
8/10/1860Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande, the great architect of the renaissance of Hindustani music and who played a vital role in giving re-birth to North Indian classical music, was born at Balukeshwar, Maharashtra.
8/1/1932Meena Kumari, film actress, was born.
8/8/2000The Government appoints Air Marshal P. Rajkumar to head the court of enquiry to probe the Alliance Air crash near Patna.
2/4/1953Indo-Pak talk on Kashmir opened under Dr. Graham in Geneva.