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Historical Event on 8/11/1911

Prem Bhatia, great journalist, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/6/1950N. R. Pillai was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 13-05-1953.
1/8/1908Gandhiji asks the Government for suspension of Registration Act, offers voluntary registration.
6/1/1790A treaty was signed between Marathas, Britishers and Nizam.
6/1/1790Saint Narhari Sonar, a poet-saint of the Varkari smanaj and goldsmith (sonar) from Maharashtra had taken Samadhi. His transition from a staunch Shaiva to a Vithoba-worshipping Varkari, after a miracle that makes him realize that Vithoba and Shiva are one and the same.
9/9/1999Mahesh Bhupathi and Ai Sugiyama won the mixed doubles title in the U.S. Open.
3/30/1999Services regained team title in the national boxing championship in Visakhapatnam.
2/2/1982Geet Sethi becomes the youngest Indian to win the National Billiards' crown at Madras.
4/20/1991Ganesh Sadashiv Bhat, famous Marathi film director and President's Award winner of 1963, passed away.
9/16/1973Abasaheb Mujumdar, great musician, died.
9/15/1992Price of petrol, diesel and cooking gas hiked.