Quick glance of 9 March in the pages of History

March 9: Here are the major events that occurred on 9 March….

• 9 March, 1500: Pedro Cabral departs from Pourtugol with 13 ships to India.
• 9 March, 1650: Saint Tukaram Maharaj, famous saint of Maharashtra, passed away.
• 9 March, 1776: Adam Smith publishes the influential economics book “The Wealth of Nations”
• 9 March, 1858: Bahadurshah Jafar II, the last Mughal Emperor, was deported to Rangoon under the offence for rising of first Indian Mutiny in 1857.
• 9 March, 1931: Birthday of Dr Karan singh, an Indian politician who served as Sadr-i-Riyasat and Governor of Jammu and Kashmir. He is the son of last ruler of the state of Jammu and Kashmir, Maharaja Hari Singh. He received the Padma Vibhushan in 2005.
• 9 March, 1934: Born on this day, Colonel Yuri A. Gagarin became the first human to orbit Earth in the spacecraft, Vostok 1 on 12th April 1961.
• 9 March, 1935: Adolf Hitler publically announces the creation of a new air force, the Luftwaffe
• 9 March, 1951: Birthday of Ustad Zakir Hussain, famous Indian Tabla player, seen here with Birju Maharaj. He has been awarded Padma Shri and the Padma Bhushan by Government of India. He has also received Sangeet Natak Akademi award.
• 9 March, 1953: Joseph Stalin’s funeral is held in Moscow after four days of national mourning.
• 9 March, 1994: Death anniversary of Indian actress Devika Rani Roerich who was active in movies during 1930s and 1940s. She is acknowledged as the first lady of Indian cinema. Her on-screen pairing with Ashok Kumar was extremely popular in India. Following Himashu Rai’s death, she took over control of his studio and produced several films. She later married Russian painter Svetoslav Roerich, leading thereafter life of a recluse. She was awarded Padmashri, Dadasaheb Phalke Award and Soviet Land Nehru Award (1990).
• 9 March, 1996: India wins India-Pakistan World Cup Quater Final cricket match in Bangalore (Wills World Cup). This was the last international match played by Javed Miandad.
• 9 March, 1997: Death anniversary of Bezawada Gopala Reddy, a former Union Minister of India who also served as the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh.
• 9 March, 1997: Bangladesh and Chakma refugee leaders sign a historic agreement for repatriation of the 50,000 refugees sheltered in six camps in Tripura for the past 11 years.
• 9 March, 2012:Death anniversary of charismatic Movie actor and director Joy Mukherjee.