September9

Explosive Department of India was established at Nagpur. This is presently under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India.

Designated court decides to frame charges against 49 persons, including Shiv Sena Supremo Bal Thackeray, BJP president L. K. Advani and former U.P. Chief Minister Kalyan Singh, in cases relating to Babri Masjid demolition in Ayodhya on December 6, 1992.

The first paper currency was issued by the Bank of Bengal. The notes of this bank were later printed by Perkins, Heath & Co. in England. They can be distinguished into at least 10 different types. They were issued in a wide range of denominations from Rs. 10 to Rs. 1000.

First magazine 'Kiran' was published by Ravikiran Mandal.

Mr. V. Sudarshan, Foreign Editor of The Pioneer till recently gets the Appan Menon Award.

Sarladevi Chaudharani, Bengali poet, was born.

Shyam Lal Gupt 'Parshad', freedom fighter, social worker and Padamshree awardee, was born in Narwal village near Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh.

Shirish Kumar, martyr, died.

Bhartendu Harish Chander, father of modern Hindi literature, poet and dramatist, was born.

Mahatma Gandhi conducted several talks between 9th September to 27the September with Mohammed Ali Jinnah regarding Pakistan.

Hindi was accepted as the national language of India.

Gold ornaments pledged by the Goans to the Portugese bank returned to owners.

Narsimha Rao, Prime Minister, arrived in Seoul for a three-day visit.

Syed Abid Ali, great Indian medium pace-bowler and all-rounder, was born at Hyderabad.

Phiroz Edulji Palia, cricketer (two Tests for India, 29 runs & 0/13), died.

Pravin Thipsay becomes India's third chess Grand Master.

Mahesh Bhupathi and Ai Sugiyama won the mixed doubles title in the U.S. Open.

Venus Williams wins the women's singles in the U.S. Open championship.

Anglo Oriental College of Aligargh became Aligarh Muslim University. It was the first university to use the regional language.

Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy, great philosopher, linguist, art historian, painter and critic, died at Needham, Boston.

Kishorlal Ghanshamlal Mashruwala, great thinker and philosopher of Gandhi era, passed away.

G. K. Moopanar, Tamil Maanila Congress president, and his party colleagues Jayanthi Natarajan, Union Minister of State for Civil Aviation, and Peter Alphonse, resign from Rajya Sabha membership following a petition filed by Shiv Sena member Sanjay Nirupam seeking their disqualification 'for defecting from Congress(I)'.