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Historical Event on 7/11/1957

Aga Sultan Sir Muhammad (1877-1957), Aga Khan III, spritual leader of Ismaeli Muhammedans, passed away. He worked for Britian in the WW I & II. Aga Khan was extremly rich, he once had himself weighed against a sack of diamonds belonging to him. He was also one among those who formed the Muslim League.

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11/14/1959Nehru rejects China's proposal for a mutual withdrawal of troops from a border buffer zone.
11/28/1704Jacob Mossel, Governor General (Dutch East Indies), was born.
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10/15/1996H.D. Deve Gowda, Prime Minister, launched the concluding ceremony of the 85th year of ICMR at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi. He also gave away the ICMR Prizes and Awards (1994-95) to outstanding bio-medical scientists of India.
4/22/1840James Princes, British research scientist and archeaologist, passed away.
9/11/1913Waman Ganesh Talwalkar, Marathi journalist and story writer, was born.
11/21/199227 killed in a bomb blast engineered by Bodo extremists in a bus in Assam.
3/28/1998The BJP-led alliance survived its first test of trust with the support of Chandrababu Naidu's Telgu Desam Party. Jayalalitha continues to call the shots.
8/29/1982Shree Maa Anandmayee of universal fame passed away. Her body was laid to rest at Shree Anandamayee Ashram in Kankhal.
10/21/1959Chinese and Indian troops clash on Ladakh border.