9 June in Hindu history
9 June 17169 June 1900
Banda Singh Bahadur executed at Delhi
Captured after the siege of Gurdas Nangal, Banda Singh is paraded through Delhi with hundreds of Sikhs, who are beheaded day after day. Refusing to convert, he is tortured to death near the Qutb Minar.
Birsa Munda dies in Ranchi jail
Dharti Aba Birsa Munda, who led the Ulgulan, the great tumult, against British rule and the landlords, dies in custody at twenty-five. The Chotanagpur Tenancy Act of 1908 followed his rising.