Year 1658
Dutch troops occupy harbour city Quilon (Coilan), India.
DECEMBER 9
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9 December: What Happened On This Day in History
Curated historical timeline of momentous political pacts, freedom struggle uprisings, constitutional developments, scientific breakthroughs, and prominent birthdays recorded on 9 December.
Observances & Special Days
International Anti-Corruption Day अंतर्राष्ट्रीय भ्रष्टाचार निरोधक दिवस
The day focuses on the ill effects of corruption, which is one of the most notorious socio-political phenomena that affects all countries. The Day is observed to create awareness about it.
International Anti-corruption Day history starts from 31 October 2003, when the General Assembly adopted the UN convention against corruption.
Year 1762
The Parliament of Britain accepted the Paris Treaty.
Year 1873
Lord Northbrook, Viceroy and Governor General of India laid the foundation stone of the building.
Year 1946
The first meeting of Constitutional Committee Assembly was held in Parliment after a gap of two years, 11 months and 17 days. The Congress started its work of framing the Indian Constitution. Muslim League boycott failed to prevent Constituent Assembly opening. From 16th August 1946, the country witnessed communal riots on an unprecedented scale. At this crucial juncture, on 20th February 1947, Clement Atlee the British prime minister, fixed June 1948 as a deadline for transfer of power and Lord Mountbatten was appointed as the new Viceroy.
Year 1947
India's agreement with Pakistan on outstanding issues like assets, liabilities, division of sterling balance and military stores, etc. signed.
Year 1892
English football club Newcastle United was formed.
Year 1900
Swami Vivekananda returned to Mumbai, India after attending the Interfaith Conference in the United States.
Year 1900
Davis Cup tennis tournament began.
Year 1931
Japanese army invaded China’s Jehol province.
Year 1940
World War II: Operation Compass: British and Indian troops under the command of Major-General Richard O'Connor attack Italian forces near Sidi Barrani in Egypt.
Year 1941
China declared war against Japan, Germany, and Italy.
Year 1946
First meeting of Constituent Assembly held in New Delhi.
Year 1961
The Portuguese-occupied provinces of Diu and Daman annexed to India.
Year 1966
Barbados joined the United Nations.
Year 1971
The United Arab Emirates joined the United Nations.
Year 1971
Indo-Pakistani War: The Indian Air Force executes an airdrop of Indian Army units, bypassing Pakistani defences.
Year 1989
Shyama Charan Shukla sworn in as Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh.
Year 1993
Virbhadra Singh sworn in as Congress CM of Himachal Pradesh.
Year 1999
BJP expels former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Kalyan Singh.
Year 1999
Several MPs in the Lok Sabha demand resignation of the CBI chief in the Priyadarshini Matto murder case.
Year 2000
South Korea’s status increased from a developing country to a developed country.
Year 2007
Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto announced the termination of all ties with the Pakistani government.
Year 2008
ISRO built the satellite for Europe’s renowned satellite system specialist EADS Astrium.
Born 1484
Surdas (1483-1563), blind Hindi bard and singer of Agra whose hymns to Krishna are compiled in the 'Sursagar', was born in Sihi village near Delhi.
Born 1508
Gemma Frisius, a Dutch physician, mathematician, cartographer, philosopher, and instrument maker.
Born 1608
John Milton, an English poet, and intellectual.
Born 1825
Rao Tularam Singh, an Ahir King of Rewari.
Born 1868
Fritz Haber, a German chemist who received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
Born 1870
Ida S. Scudder, Indian physician and missionary (d. 1960)
Born 1913
Homai Vyarawalla, India’s first woman photojournalist.
Born 1919
E. K. Nayanar, an Indian politician, and former chief minister of Kerala.
Born 1919
V. Dakshinamoorthy, Indian singer-songwriter (d. 2013)
Born 1937
Shahabuddin Rathod, a Gujarati scholar, teacher, and humorist.
Born 1945
Shatrughan Sinha, an Indian actor, and politician.
Born 1946
Sonia Gandhi, an Indian politician, and the president of the Indian National Congress.
Born 1974
Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, a Pakistani musician, and singer.
Died 1761
Maharani Tarabai of Pune, the regent of Maratha empire of India from 1700 until 1708, died at Satara. She was the queen of Chhatrapati Rajaram Bhosale and daughter-in-law of the empire's founder Shivaji and mother of Shivaji II. She is acclaimed for her role in keeping alive the resistance against Mughal occupation of Maratha territories after the death of her spouse, and acted as regent during the minority of her son.
Died 1921
Norman Joseph Woodland, an American inventor, one of the inventors of the barcode.
Died 1935
Lafayette Mendel, an American biochemist.
Died 1937
Nils Gustaf Dalén, a Swedish Nobel Laureate and industrialist, engineer, and inventor.
Died 1942
Dwarkanath Kotnis, one of the five Indian physicians dispatched to China.
Died 1977
Ravishankar Mahashankar Rawal, famous painter, passed away
Died 1992
More than 700 die in clashes in Ayodhya; BJP bandh partial.
Died 1994
Gorprasad Ghosh, famous Orriya film actor, director and producer, passed away.
Died 1997
K. Shivarama Karanth, an Indian polymath.