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Historical Event on 11/8/1965
Bashiruddin Ahmad, religious leader and litterateur, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/15/1990 | Uttar Maharashtra University was established. |
| 4/16/1962 | Third Lok Sabha constituted after the third general election in India. J. L. Nehru forms the third Congress ministry. |
| 10/5/1890 | Kishorlal Ghanshyamlal Mashruwala, great thinker and philosopher of Gandhi era, was born. |
| 1/18/1950 | India is declared a secular republic. Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru (1947-1964) is determined to abolish casteism and industrialize the nation. Constitution makes Hindi official national language, English to continue for 15 years, 14 major state languages are recognized. India also moved a motion for no war treaty between India and Pakistan to improve the relations with neighboring countries. |
| 9/15/1916 | Margaret Lockwood, film actress of 'Lady Vanishes' fame, was born in Karachi, India. |
| 3/1/1640 | Britishers were allowed to do commercial activities in Madras. |
| 10/26/1890 | Martyr Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi was born at Allahabad. He was also the editor of revolutionary weekly 'Pratap'. |
| 1/21/1943 | Hemu Kalani, revolutionary freedom fighter and social reformer, was hanged by British police. |
| 7/12/1994 | India expels Pak diplomat; Indian attache tortured in Islamabad. |
| 1/3/1931 | Yashwant Dinkar Phadke, great critic of literature, was born. |
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