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Historical Event on 11/6/1951

Judge M. Patanjali Sastri became the Chief Justice of India. He helded this office till 03/01/1954.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/6/1951Iltutmish, father of Radiya Sultan, died in Delhi.
1/21/1983R. D. Katari, the first Indian Admiral of Indian Army, passed away.
3/28/1994G-15 summit opens with only six heads of Government in New Delhi.
10/10/1962Indies assault up Chinese positions in north India attack
5/28/1965Fire and explosion at Dhori mine in Dhanbad, India kills 400.
3/19/1936Raghav Kaneria, great artist and decorator, was born.
5/18/1966Panchanan Maheshwari, great Indian scientist of botany, passed away. He studied the morphology, anatomy and embryology of some angiosperms, the class of plants which produce flowers. He discovered species of plants like ""Panchanania Jaipuriensis and Isoeted Panchananil."" He wrote two authoritative books, 'An Introduction to the Embryology of Angiosperms' & 'Recent Advances in Embryology on Angiosperms'. In 1951, he founded the International Society of plant Morphologists.
8/6/1920Film Censor Board at Bombay started working. The first film censored and granted a Censor Certificate No. 1 was a short film of 600 ft., produced by Gaumont Company and it was titled as 'Gaumont Graphic No. 963-964'. The Regional Film Censor Boards were also set-up in Calcutta, Madras and Rangoon.
11/15/1911First meeting of the governing body of the Indian Research Fund Association (IRFA) was held at the Plague Laboratory, Bombay, under the Chairmanship of Sir Harcourt Butler.
10/24/1954Rafi Ahmad Kidwai, Congress leader, died.