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Historical Event on 1/11/1966
Lal Bahadur Shastri was posthumously awarded the ""Bharat Ratna"".
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/11/1966 | Allau'd-din Khalji declared himself as King of Delhi after assissinating Jalal'ud-din Khalji. (19 0r 20). |
| 6/24/1897 | Padmashree Pandit Omkarnath Thakur, famous music director of Gwalior Gharana, was born at Gujrat. |
| 7/22/1918 | During the First World War, India's first fighter pilot Indra Lal Rai's plane was shot down in battle by Germans planes near London. Rai had fought for Britisher's Force. |
| 8/15/1997 | IWM Vijayalakshmi wins Asian Zonal Women's Chess tournament in Tehran. |
| 12/22/1999 | The Government says there is no hidden agenda behind the US lifting of curbs. |
| 1/17/1922 | T. A. Pai, former Central Minister and bank expert, was born. |
| 12/9/1873 | Lord Northbrook, Viceroy and Governor General of India laid the foundation stone of the building. |
| 3/20/1925 | Marquess Curzon of Kedleston died this morning at age 66 from complications following an operation. Long a kingpin of the Conservative party, Lord Curzon spent 40 years in public life, serving as Viceroy and Governor General of India and, at the end of his career, as Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. Though he came close to becoming prime minister in 1923, his aristocratic past militated against him in an era which nominated leaders from the House of Commons. He twice wed US women and enjoyed fame as an author of books about politics and his own travels. |
| 1/21/1983 | R. D. Katari, the first Indian Admiral of Indian Army, passed away. |
| 7/13/1950 | Nehru asks Stalin and Acheson to restore peace in Korea. |
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