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September

What Happened this Day in India History Events.

1965 In the battle between India and Pakistan, there was a ceasefire on the initiative of the United Nations on this day.
1539 Guru Nanak Dev, the first Guru of the Sikh sect, died in Kartapur. It was he who started the practice of 'langar'.
1914 The German warship Imden bombed the port of Madras.
1869 Social reformer of India VS Srinivasa Shastri was born in 1869.
2008 Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh left for a ten-day visit to America and France.
2011 The Planning Commission of India, in an affidavit filed in the Supreme Court, refused to consider a person spending Rs 965 in cities and Rs 781 per month in villages as poor.
1988 Publication of the National Geographic magazine started today.