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Historical Event on 3/9/1994

Devika Rani Roerich, the first lady of the Indian screen, died at the age of 87 years in Bangalore.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/9/2000A special court convicts former Tamil Nadu chief minister Jayalalitha and her associate Sasikala and sentences them to undergo three years imprisonment and two years rigorous imprisonment in two 'Tansi land deal' cases.
4/5/1848Satara kingdom came to end.
11/15/1982Acharya Vinoba Bhave, great freedom fighter and social reformer, died (88 years) in Pawnar Ashram at Wardha near Nagpur, Maharashtra.
2/10/1992Andaman and Nicobar Islands opened for foreign travellers.
1/31/1985Under the 52nd Constitutional Amendment, Anti-Defector Bill was passed unanimously in Lok Sabha. This avoided the Representatives of People to switch over political parties.
4/14/1925Harisingh Gogumal Kishanchand, cricketer (5 Tests for India 1947-52), was born in Karachi.
2/9/2000The Madras High Court suspends the one-year jail sentence passed by a Special Court against the former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, Ms. Jayalalitha, in the 'Pleasant Stay Hotel Case'.
10/20/1999The Centre accepts the recommendations of the Backward Classes Commission on the inclusion of Jats and other backward classes (OBCs) in Rajasthan except Bharatpur and Dholpur districts.
2/12/1922Mahatma Gandhi announce the withdrawal of non-cooperation movement.
2/12/1922Jesuit father and first Englishman S.J.Thomas Stephens arrived at Goa in a Portuguese ship. He settled here and died in 1619.