September11

Tax concessions announced.

V. S. Narayan, 'Janmabhumi' Newspaper Group chief, died.

Henry Heras, famous artist and an active member of the Indian Historical Records Commission, was born in Barcelona, Spain.

Koyaji Jahangir Kuwanrji, famous economist, was born.

Dr. P. Subbarayan, minister and leader of the House in O.P. and President of the Cricket Control Board, was born in Tamil Nadu.

Vinoba Bhave (real name Vinayak Narhari Bhave), great Gandhian Acharya, was born at Ganoda village of Maharashtra.

Waman Ganesh Talwalkar, Marathi journalist and story writer, was born.

Ram Naresh, editor and Hindi author, was born.

The PM announced in the Lok Sabha the conclusion of the Netaji Inquiry Committee that Netaji did die in an air-crash.

Mohammad Ali Jinnah, father of Pakistan, died.

Swami Vivekananda represented Hinduism at Chicago's Parliament of the World's Religions, the first ever inter-faith gathering, dramatically enlightening Western opinion to the depth of Hindu philosophy and culture. He spoke for the first time in Chicago.

Mahadevi Verma, Gyanpith award winner and one of the greatest luminaries of modern Hindi literature, passed away.

Gandhiji addressed a mass meeting of Indians at Johannesburg, where they took oath of passive resistance against the newly promulgated 'Transvaal Asiatic Law Amendment Ordinance'.

PM Narsimha Rao inaugurated the State Panchayat minister's meet for discussing panchayat election, devolution of administrative and financial power to the local bodies.

Indian Government troops enter in the Hyderabad State.

China and India exchange artillery fire on Sikkim-Tibet border.

Amarnath Lala, right-hand Indian all-rounder of 30s and 40s, was born at Lahore in Pakistan. He was awarded with Padma Bhushan in 1991.

A Delhi High Court exonerates senior Congress(I) leader and former Union Minister H.K.L. Bhagat in a 1984 anti-Sikh riot case in Delhi (in Mansarovar Park in East Delhi on November 1, 1984).

Sorabjee Harmasji Colah, cricketer (69 runs in India's first 2 tests 1932-33), passed away.

Sri Lanka score their first Test victory by 149 runs against India.

India's Sachin Ratti won the men's singles title in the New Zealand International Badminton championship, defeating top seed and world No. 23 Rio Suryana of Australia in the final.

Shivling Surge died at Alpayu.

Subramania Bharati, freedom fighter, Tamil poet and editor, passed away at an early age of 39.

India and Pakistan announced that most border disputes between the two countries had been settled.

Central Government provides more autonomy to hilly region of Assam.

Former Andhra CM Rama Rao, 71, weds 44-year-old college lecturer Lakshmi Sivaparvathi.