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Historical Event on 8/11/1893
First Hindu-Muslim riots in Maharashtra.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/17/1996 | Madras to be known as 'Chennai' henceforth. |
| 9/22/1979 | Maulana Abdul Ali Moudoodi aka Syed Abul A'la Maududi Chishti, founder leader of the Jamait- E- Islam, died in USA, he had taken pakistani citizenship. |
| 10/30/1947 | The first Spitfires from the Advanced Flying School at Ambala reached Srinagar and were soon engaged in strafing the raiders beyond Pattan. Within a week, the Tempests of No. 7 Squadron were playing a decisive role in the battle of Shelatang which halted the forward momentum of the insurgents. |
| 10/14/1885 | Mukandi Lal, famous Hindi writer, was born in Chamoli at U.P. |
| 8/14/1968 | Pravin Kalyan Amre, cricketer (Indian batsman, century on Test debut 1992), was born in Bombay. |
| 7/16/1981 | India performs nuclear Test. |
| 12/27/1976 | The Kangla Tongbi war memorial built for 221 members who laid down their lives to repulsed several waves of Japanese attacks. Advance Base Depot is shifted to Jabalpur. The original memorial was erected on 15 April 1946 from local stone and the main epitaph displayed above is of black Naga stone. |
| 9/30/1908 | Ram Dhari Singh Dinkar, famous Hindi novelist, was born. |
| 6/25/1994 | Bombay's former underworld don Haji Masthan Mirza passed away. |
| 1/25/1989 | Motilal Vora sworn in as CM of Madhya Pradesh. |
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