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Historical Event on 12/11/1958

Wilson Jones became India's first individual World Champion when he won the Amateur Billiards Championship.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/19/1919Sunil Kumar Banerjee, cricket Test Umpire for 1 test from 1963-64, was born at Bengal.
10/20/1752The grateful Wazir induced the emperor to make Badan Singh the 'Raja' with the title of Mahendra, and Suraj Mal the 'Mumar Bahadur' with the title of Rajendra.
2/21/1959Press Club of India was founded in New Delhi.
9/21/1994Outbreak of pneumonic plague in Surat, Gujarat.
11/6/1988The graduated use of force finally compelled the rebels to surrender and the personnel of Godavari then took over. When psychological pressure did not succeed, warning shots were fired by both the naval ships.
11/15/1991Insurance official Dr. S.L. Khosa freed in Kashmir in exchange for a militant.
1/5/1659Aurangzeb defeated Shah Shuja in the battle of Khawan near Allahabad.
5/1/1983V. N. Swamy, pace bowler without distinction in one Test for India, passed away.
8/2/1987Geet Sethi retains the World Amateur Billiards title.
8/15/1947At the stroke of midnight, India is free after 163 years of British Raj. At the same time Muslims win a degree of freedom from Hindus. They have their own separate dominion Pakistan in the British Commonwealth Sect.