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Historical Event on 11/9/1948
Administration of Mayurbhanj State taken over by the Government of India.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/2/1953 | Mountaineer Edmund Hillary of New Zealand and his Nepalese Sherpa guide Tensing became the first men to conquer Mount Everest, the world's tallest mountain. The two reached the pinnacle of Everest, more than 29,000 feet above sea level, at 11.30 a.m. |
| 7/14/1636 | Aurangzeb was appointed as Shahjahan by Viceroy of Deccan. |
| 7/27/1994 | Parliament votes to ban tests for determining the sex of an unborn child, as these tests have resulted in thousands of aborted female fetuses. |
| 2/24/1950 | G.J.M.Gazdar, computational linguist, was born. |
| 7/21/1993 | Jayalalitha ends fast, Centre to set up a committee; Karnataka rejects the proposal. |
| 10/30/1949 | Pramond Venkatesh Devidas Mahajan was born in Mahaboobnagar (Andhra Pradesh). |
| 10/30/1949 | Mughal army defeated Rana Pratapsingh in the battle of Haldighat. |
| 5/7/1950 | Punjab Mail train crashed near Jasidh killing 81 persons. |
| 5/7/1950 | Sher Shah Sur died. He was fatally wounded in an explosion on Kalanjara fort while preparing for an attack. He introduced the new silver rupee-coin ""Rupiya"" based on ratio of 40 copper coin pieces (paisa) per rupee and built several roads including the longest road of India known as Grand Trunk Road (now Natioinal Highway-2). |
| 7/18/1980 | Naoomal Jeoomal, cricketer (3 Tests for India 1932-34, 108 runs), died. |
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