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Historical Event on 11/9/1999

Prof. Romila Thapar, historian, is elected to the highest British academic honour.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/15/1980Six more private sector banks nationalized.
10/19/1905Prince and Princess of Wales leave on an official visit to India at London.
7/14/1992The Lok Sabha passes a bill seeking to confer on the President the powers of the Legislature of J&K.
8/19/1757The first rupee coin was minted in Calcutta by the East India Company.
8/15/1995P.V Narasimha Rao introduces the mid-day meal scheme for the primary school children under the Central Government Welfare Programme.
11/6/1993First-ever elections to the Delhi Assembly.
6/25/1888Lord Louis Mountbatten, British politician, was born.
8/10/1948Atomic Energy Commission established.
2/7/1997Bal Thackeray, Shiv Sena supremo, found guilty of contempt of court and sentenced to simple imprisonment of one week and a fine of Rs. 2000 by Nagpur bench of Mumbai HC for his statement that ''a judge had demanded a bribe of Rs. 35 lakhs for favouring a litigant''.
2/17/1994Chimanbhai Patel, chief minister of Gujrat, passed away at the age of 65 years.