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Historical Event on 2/11/1818

Britishers captured the 'Ajinkyatara' fort which belonged to the Marathas.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/23/1814Sir Alexander Canningham, Indian Archeologist, was born.
2/7/1954The present cres: the motto ""Shastra Se Shakti"" was adopted. In 1989, Hindi lettering of ""Shastra Se Shakti"" was adopted.
6/26/1991Sharad Pawar joins Union Cabinet as Defence Minister.
5/9/1997Hareesh Khandelwal, an accused in the fodder scam, commits suicide by jumping before a train at Dhanbad in Bihar.
8/13/1951First test flight of 'Hindustan Trainer-2' (H.T.2) which was indigenously designed and manufactured in India.
1/26/1961Special stamps dedicated to Mahatma Gandhi in the Champion of Liberty series issued by the United States postal department.
10/28/1964Padmabhushan Vaikunthbhai Mehta, famous Gandhian leader, passed away.
12/28/1925Kasturbhai Lalbhai Shrenik, great industrialist, was born at Ahmedabad.
3/30/1913B. S. Soman, first Admiral of India, was born.
4/5/1961Indian Drugs and Pharmaceuticals Limited was established in New Delhi by Indian Government for allopathic drugs.