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Historical Event on 2/11/1968
Deendayal Upadhyaya, great philosopher, litterateur, social worker, thinker and founder of Jansangh, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/26/1976 | V. S. Khandekar was honoured by Bhartiya Gyanpeeth Award for the novel 'Yayati'. |
| 10/30/1999 | The Central Ministerial team led by Mr. Advani is prevented from making an on-the-spot assessment of the havoc wrecked by the super cyclone. |
| 4/16/1848 | Kandukuri Veeresalingam, Telegu author and social reformer, was born in Andhra Pradesh. |
| 12/20/1993 | Jaichandran Nair, Colonel Neelkantan, died. |
| 4/3/1999 | Indian National Satellite (INSAT-2E), fifth satellite in INSAT-2 series, launched. This has multipurpose communication & meteorological capabilities. This is still in use. Launched by European launch vehicle Ariane, ISRO has leased eleven 36 MHz equivalent units of C-band capacity on board to INTELSAT organisation. |
| 6/5/1997 | Prime Minister Gujral went on a 3-day visit to Nepal. |
| 2/13/1969 | Subroto Tara Banerjee, cricketer (Indian quickie & Dennis Lillee protegee), was born in Patna. |
| 2/3/1986 | Pope John Paul II meets Mother Teresa at Calcutta. |
| 2/17/1993 | Rani Gaidinliu, freedom fighter, social reformer and political leader, died at her native village in Manipur. The British army made a surprise attack on her position and captured her. On 17th October, 1932, Pandit Nehru once wrote ""A day will come when India will remember her and cherishe her"". |
| 7/12/1949 | Ban on RSS lifted on the assurance that it abjures violence. |
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