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Historical Event on 11/9/1980

P. C. Joshi, former General Secretary of Indian Communist Party, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/28/1931The second round of a British-Indian conference on the political future of India collapsed in disagreement over demands by Indian nationalists for complete independence. The British government had seemed willing to grant a limited dominion status. But Mahatma Gandhi, who had come to the conference to present the demands of the All-India Nationalist Congress, refused to accept anything less than complete independence. The breakdown of the talks set off a new round of disorders, Gandhi was greeted by rioting in the streets of Bombay between upper-caste Hindu members of the Congress party and ""untouchable"" caste members who had turned against him.
1/11/1966Lal Bahadur Shastri was posthumously awarded the ""Bharat Ratna"".
6/24/1990President R. Venkataraman issues notification formally constituting an Inter-State Council.
10/20/1997All India Hindu Conference begins at Hardwar.
12/31/1910Mallikarjun Bhimramaiya Mansoor, famous singer of ""Jaipur Gharana"", was born.
4/29/1979Raja Mahendra Pratap, great revolutionary freedom fighter, passed away in New Delhi at the age of 93.
1/19/1982Mizo National Front and allied organizations declared illegal.
8/29/1905Major Dhyanchand was born in a Rajput family at Prayag at Uttar Pradesh. He is remembered as a Master of Hockey. India celebrates this day as National Sports Day.
3/20/1937England beat Scotland at Murrayfield for the first time for Soccer's Calcutta Cup, International Championship and Triple Crown, UK.
4/11/1999Paes-Bhupathi won the doubles in the in the ATP-Gold Flake Open in Chennai.