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Historical Event on 3/9/1951

Ustad Zakir Hussain, famous Tabla player, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/6/1775Nanda Kumar, king of Calcutta, was arrested.
5/6/1775Savtamali, famous saint, attains 'samadhee'.
11/12/1997India elected to executive board of UNESCO.
11/7/1907Murlidhar Shankar Deshpande, journalist and social worker, was born at Kadanachi Girvi Phaltan, Maharashtra.
6/2/1984Army takes control in Punjab as 22 people are killed in Sikh struggle for autonomy. The state is declared a restricted area under the Foreigners' Act.
12/10/1997Salman Haidar appointed India's High Commissioner to Britain. He succeeded M. L. Singhvi.
8/11/2000Usha Mehta, great Gandhian, passed away.
7/27/1889Branch of Indian National Congress, 'British India Committee' , was established under the leadership of Dadabhai Navroji.
7/30/1947The part of Kashmir, North West Frontier Provience (NWFP), was swallowed up by Pakistan. The formality of raising the flag being done in November.
5/27/1994Tarktirth Laxmanshastri Joshi, internationally famous omnicient, passed away.