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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
3/11/1948SS Jal Usha, the first ocean-going steamer made in India, was launched from Visakhapatnam.
4/12/1917Mulvantrai Himatlal Mankad better known as ""Vinoo Mankad"", cricketer (India's greatest all-rounder to his time), was born at Jamnagar.
11/5/1995Narsimha Rao, PM, reaches Argentina for G-15 summit at Buenos Aires.
6/5/1966Indian rupee devalued by 36.5 percent.
10/2/1934Indian Naval Force was established.
2/13/1970Man-eating tiger is reported to have killed 48 people at a village 80-km from New Delhi.
3/4/1996India and EU agree on a plan to boost trade ties.
4/2/1877Narottam Morarjee, great social reformer and the architect of the modern Indian Shipping, was born at Porbandar.
10/11/1927Sarojini Regani, great journalist, was born at Secunderabad.
8/27/1910Mother Teresa, [Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu], nobel Prize awardee and social worker, was born in Skopje, Macedonia in Yugoslavia.