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Historical Event on 11/9/1980
P. C. Joshi, former General Secretary of Indian Communist Party, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/16/1901 | Shripad Ramchandra Tikekar, journalist and critic, was born. |
| 2/27/1803 | Great fire in Bombay. |
| 5/19/1993 | Government decides to merge Vayudut with Indian Airlines. |
| 3/5/1922 | Ebrahim Suleman Maka, Indian cricket wicket-keeper (2 Tests vs West Indies1952), was born at Daman. |
| 9/13/1997 | India drubs Maldives in SAFF football final in Kathmandu. |
| 2/16/1955 | Maghnath Saha, famous scientist, passed away. |
| 5/14/1992 | LTTE banned in India. |
| 5/8/1996 | The governing Congress party is routed in Indian elections that have left no party with a clear mandate to govern. |
| 9/3/1915 | Following the monsoon, a good harvest is expected, except in Gujarat, in northern Rajputana and Punjab where isolated falls were recorded in Delhi. |
| 8/25/1917 | The first significant step towards the Indianization of the Army was initiated when seven selected Indians, serving in the Army, were granted King's Commission in the Infantry and the Cavalry. Before the World War ended, two more Indians, who previously held temporary commissions, were granted King's Commission. |
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