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Historical Event on 9/11/1893
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.
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8/13/1638 | Durgadas Rathore, social reformer, was born at Salwa. |
4/13/1982 | Pandit Parmanand, founder member of `Gather Party', passed away. |
7/1/1984 | Ravishankar Maharaj, freedom fighter and national leader of the country, died at the age of 101. |
9/16/1929 | Yerramilli Janardan Rao, educationist, was born at Tanuku, (W. Godavari). |
2/8/1986 | For the first time in the country, pre-paid taxi sevice scheme was established at New Delhi airport. |
10/9/1987 | Official Languages Rules, 1976 amended. |
9/22/1970 | Bandopadhyay Shardendu, modern Bengali poet, died. |
10/6/1997 | Abhijit Kunte wins Asian Junior Chess title. |
3/17/1997 | A Delhi court sentences former Union Minister Kalpnath Rai to 10 years RI. |
11/21/1985 | Ramnath Kenny, cricketer (5 Tests for India 1958-60), passed away. |
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