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Historical Event on 1/11/1998

C. V. Gadkari, great Indian Test all-rounder 1953-55, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/6/1981Indian Ocean bed on their research ship Gavesani of the National Institute succeeded from the depth of 4,300 metres.
3/18/1992Shreyanprasad Jain, famous philanthropist and industrialist, passed away.
4/3/1966First Indian-made computer commissioned in Jadavpur University campus.
8/15/1990Uttar Maharashtra University was established.
3/31/1997The Bombay Stock Exchange crashes by 300 points.
11/17/1925Jemini Ganesh, film actor, was born.
11/17/1925Mughal Emperor Akbar was proclaimed as successor of Humayun at the age of tewelve years at Kalanur, Gurudaspur district, Punjab. Akbar (1542-1605), grandson of Babur, became third Mughal Emperor at the age of 13 years. He de-established Islam as state religion and declared himself impartial ruler of Hindus and Muslims. He also encouraged Art, Culture and Religious Tolerance.
10/9/1931Air Force was established.
4/12/1942Nehru pledges 'no surrender' to the Axis despite the rejection of Britain's plans at New Delhi.
8/3/1886Maithili Sharan Gupta, first man of modern Hindi poetry and literature, writer, patriot and social worker, was born at Chirgaon village near Jhansi.