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Historical Event on 3/11/1863

Maharaja Sayaji Rao III, great nationalist and social reformer, was born at Nasik.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/30/1834Congress creates Indian Territory (now Oklahoma).
4/1/1997Govt. clarifies it is illegal to carry a child on a two-wheeler in addition to a pillion rider.
1/15/1784Sir William Jones, Judge and linguist, and Sir Warren Hastings established the Asiatic Society of Bengal at Calcutta. This was the first scholastic institution.
4/17/1996Sheila Kaul, H.P. Governor, indicted in house allotment scandal, should be removed from her post, says Supreme Court.
4/3/1984Soyuz T-11 carried three cosmonauts along with the first Indian Sqn. Ldr. Rakesh Sharma to Salyut 7.
9/30/1981Pakistan Commando soldiers release 66 hostages in Lahore from five Khalistan hijackers and activists of the Dal Khalsa International.
2/21/1952The XV Indian Olympic Games in Madras.
7/2/1993ONGC converted into corporation by ordinance.
6/17/1903Jyotiprasad Agarwal, Assamia playwright, poet and music director, was born.
2/19/1895Munshi Newal Kishore, great social worker, educationist, nationalist, philanthropist and a pioneer industrialist, passed away at the age of 59.