ON 11 SEPTEMBER IN SOUTH ASIAN HISTORY
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Updated on September 11, 2019
1803: Battle of Delhi, during the Second Anglo-Maratha War, between British troops under General Lake, and Marathas of Scindia’s army under General Louis Bourquin
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Delhi,_1803
http://www.indianetzone.com/37/second_maratha_war_1803-1805_british_india.htm
1884: Birth of Sudhamoy Pramanick, Indian activist who died on October 2, 1974
http://nitum.wordpress.com/2012/09/22/biography-of-sudhamoy-pramanick/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudhamoy_Pramanick
1895: Birth of Vinoba Bhave, one of the greatest spiritual leaders and reformers of modern India who died on November 15, 1982
http://www.culturalindia.net/reformers/acharya-vinoba-bhave.html
http://www.vinobabhave.org/index.php/biography
1906: Mahatma Gandhi launches the Satyagraha (non-violence resistance) in South Africa
http://www.democracynow.org/2006/9/8/satyagraha_100_years_later_gandhi_launches
1921: Death of Subramanya Barathy, a Tamil poet who was a militant for India independence (Born in December 1882)
http://members.tripod.com/neyveliweb/bharathy.htm
1927: Birth of Vernon Corea, Sri Lankan broadcaster, who died in 2002
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vernon_Corea
1948: Death of Jinnah Muhammad Ali, father of the Pakistan’s independence
http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Jinnah-M.html
http://www.storyofpakistan.com/person.asp?perid=P009
1958: India and Pakistan announced that most border disputes between the two countries had been settled
1964: Death of Gajanan Madhav Muktibodh, Indian poet and critic, born on November 13, 1917
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gajanan_Madhav_Muktibodh
1964: Signature of a defense treaty between Soviet Union and India for the procurement of 44 MiG-21, 20 helicopters and 70 PT-76 tanks
https://books.google.fr/books?id=SZRk_z3dhtYC&pg=PA19&lpg=PA19&dq=Indian+military+1964&source=bl&ots=siq2iVslDv&sig=fAWo3_YfAFaZ1oAstLlV9gka30A&hl=fr&sa=X&ved=0CE4Q6AEwCmoVChMIkdWc7pntxwIVCl4aCh1wMgnS#v=onepage&q=Indian%20military%201964&f=false
1965: During the Indo-Pakistani War, the Indian Army captures the town of Burki just southeast of Lahore
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Burki
1967: According to the Indian account, Indian soldiers were protecting an engineering company that was fencing the North Shoulder of Nathu La, when Chinese troops opened fire on them. This escalated over the next five days to an exchange of heavy artillery and mortar fire
1973: Death of Neem Karoli Baba, Indian guru
https://nkbashram.org/maharaji/about-neem-karoli-baba/
1982: Birth of Shriya Saran, South Indian actress
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1328152/bio
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Dao0SVHSRo
1987: Death of Mahadevi Varma, Indian poet and educationist, born on March 26, 1907
http://www.poemhunter.com/mahadevi-varma/biography/
http://www.iloveindia.com/indian-heroes/mahadevi-verma.html
2009: The Pakistani Army announce the arrest of the chief spokesman of the Taliban in Swat. It is the first capture of a senior Taliban figure to be officially announced by the Pakistani authorities
2015 : Indian court convicts 12 men for 2006 Mumbai train bombings, nine years after seven RDX bombs kept in Mumbai suburban trains exploded killing 188 people and injuring 829
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-34218396
2017: Maldives suspends a third of its lawyers
https://www.voanews.com/a/maldives-suspends-a-third-of-its-lawyers/4023492.html
Holidays and observances
Pakistan: Jinnah Day: founder’s death anniversary