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Historical Event on 8/11/1911

Prem Bhatia, great journalist, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/29/1869Amritlal Vithaldas Thakkar (Thakkar Bappa), social reformer of Gujrat and right hand of Gandhiji in socially segregated Harijans, was born at Bhavnagar, Saurashtra.
5/21/1975The 26-mile feeder canal from Farakka to the Bhagirathi river dedicated to the nation.
7/31/1993K. Vijaya Rama Rao became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 31/07/96).
9/6/1674Faced with a critical situation, De la Haye had to capitulate and surrender St Thome to the Dutch who allowed the Sultan of Golconda to re-occupy it.
7/21/1962Passenger Train and Freight Train collided near Dumraon killing 69 persons.
6/30/1917Dr. Dadabhai Naoroji, great Indian, patriot and one of the founders of the Indian National Congress, politician and merchant, died at the age of 92.
6/14/1995RBI announces the introduction of appointing ombudsmen to redress grievances and disputes of bank customers.
3/27/1996President and Governors of respective states issue notifications for elections to the 11th Lok Sabha and 6 State Assemblies.
2/23/1962Union government sets up an Indian National Committee for Space Research (INCOSPAR) formed by the Department of Atomic Energy and work on Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station (TERLS) started.
9/26/1985P.T. Usha sets record for 100m (Women) in 11.39 seconds at Jakarta.