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Historical Event on 11/9/1877

Muhammad Iqbal, Urdu poet, was born in Sialkot (now in Pakistan).

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/3/1985Air Chief Marshal D A La Fontaine PVSM, AVSM, VM., became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 31/July/1988.
11/25/1995Namibian PM Hoge S. Geingob arrives in New Delhi.
9/15/1926Vande Mataram', a lengthy feature film produced by Vande Mataram Film Co, Bombay, was prohibited on September 15 by the Censor Board on the grounds that it was an underlying attack on the prestige of University Education in India. The film, however, was cleared on December 7 after deleting the objectionable scenes.
10/30/1997Kerala Kaumudi's Kannur edition and Internet edition begin.
11/16/1913Agnihotri Ambadas Shankar, journalist and litterateur, was born.
4/14/1925Harisingh Gogumal Kishanchand, cricketer (5 Tests for India 1947-52), was born in Karachi.
8/26/1909Dr.Moti Chandra, great historian, was born.
8/27/1978Lord Mountbatten died in an explosion near Ireland.
7/2/1997Screening for Hepatitis C made mandatory all over India.
10/27/1973The first Ladies Police Station started functioning at Calicut in Kerala.