History Of 09 September | On This Day In World
➧1449: Mongolian forces hostage the Emperor of China at the Battle of Tumu Fort.
➧1776: US Parliament of Congress officially renames the country from the 'United Colonies' to the United States.
➧1791: United States capital named Washington D.C. The present-day is named after President George Washington.
➧1850: California becomes the 31st state of the US.
➧1850: Famous poet and playwright Bharatendu Harishchandra was born in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. Who brought out magazines like Harishchandra magazine, Kavikavar Sudha, and wrote many plays like Andharanagari and Bharat plight.
➧1867: European country Luxembourg attains independence.
➧1908: Orville Wright flew for an hour for the first time.
➧1920: Anglo, Oriental College Aligarh was renamed Aligarh Muslim University.
➧1949: The Constituent Assembly of India accepted Hindi as the official language.
➧1950: Communists were arrested on a large scale in the European country France.
➧1968: India's famous novelist, storyteller, essayist, playwright, revolutionary, journalist Ramvriksha Benipuri died.
➧1974: Captain Vikram Batra, who was martyred in the Kargil War, was born. He was posthumously awarded the Param Vir Chakra.
➧1999: Mahesh Bhupathi of India and Arch Sugiyama of Japan won the mixed doubles title of US Open.
➧2004: A bomb explodes outside the Australian Embassy in Jakarta, killing 10 people.
➧2006: US Open Women's Tennis: Russia's Maria Sharapova wins her first US title; Defeated Belgian Justin Henin-Harden 6-4, 6-4.
➧2009: Ministry of Railways announced to introduce a biometric identification system for its employees on the lines of the Ministry of Home Affairs.
➧2011: 58th National Film Award (India): "Admante Makan Abu" won the Golden Lotus.
➧2012: Indian Space Agency placed the heaviest foreign satellite in orbit.
➧2015: Queen Elizabeth II became Great Britain's longest-reigning queen in 63 years and seven months, beating the previous record set by her great-great-grandmother, Queen Victoria.
➧2018: Nia Franklin, representing New York, crowns Miss America 2019. The first competition was held without a swimming section.
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