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Historical Event on 3/9/1951
Ustad Zakir Hussain, famous Tabla player, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/1/1926 | Balkanji Bari Institute established for the welfare of children. |
| 12/31/1861 | Cherrapunji in Assam received rainfall of 22,990 mm in 1861. This was a world record in itself as no other country or place had received rains to such an extent. |
| 12/10/1979 | Mother Teresa wins Nobel Peace prize. |
| 10/19/1925 | B. Shankaranand, former central minister, was born. |
| 8/9/1902 | King Edward VII was crowned the emperor of Great Britain at Westminster Abbey after the death of his mother Queen Victoria. Earlier, he had held a grand function in which nearly 4,56,000 invitees celebrated this royal feast. |
| 6/13/1991 | Shiv Sharma, Doordarshan Director General, was shot at in Delhi by suspected Punjab terrorists. |
| 5/7/1861 | Guru Dev Rabindranath Thakur alias Tagore, novelist, painter, educationist and freedom fighter, was born in Calcutta. |
| 10/5/1868 | Laxmi Narayan Barua, Assamia novelist, was born. |
| 1/20/1993 | Karnataka ministry expanded to include 27 more members; S.M. Krishna made Dy. CM. |
| 1/14/1990 | India and Maldives scrap visas. |
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