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Historical Event on 9/11/1985

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

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/9/1970Production of Uranium 233 started at Bhabha Atomic Research Centre in Bombay.
5/1/1996International women's master Anupama Gokhale of Bharat Petroleum becomes the first woman in the history of Indian chess to win an all-India level international rating tournament with her bagging the Mohammed Hassan memorial title.
12/14/1910Upendranath Ashok, noted writer, was born.
11/13/1999A woman commits 'sati' in Satpura village in Mohaba district of Uttar Pradesh
1/20/1999Renowned playwright Girish Karnad is selected for the 1998 Jnanpith Award.
7/16/1954French rule ends in Mahe. De facto power was transferred to the people and the Indian flag hoisted.
3/18/1938Shashi Kapoor, famous film producer, director, actor and dramatist, was born in Calcutta. He has made sucessful films like Junoon, Kaliyug, Heat and Dust, etc.
11/2/1889Tyagmurti Goswami Ganeshdutt, social worker, was born at Chiniot in Jhang district, Punjab.
11/1/1999Soli Sorbajee is re-appointed the Attorney General.
10/6/1808Ardaseer Cursetjee Wadia, professor, pioneer, innovator, chief engineer and Inspector of Machinery at the Steam Factory at Bombay and one of the dignitaries, was born.