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Historical Event on 11/8/1991

K.P.S. Gill reappointed DGP in Punjab.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/16/1912Gandhiji commends Gokhale's attempts for abolition of indenture system.
3/22/1963World Bank loans India $ 67 mil. to improve its railways.
1/5/1995India receives first consignment of Chinese Low Enriched Uranium (LEU) for the 2 US built Tarapur nuclear plant with the approval of IAEA.
6/18/2000K.M. Beenamol breaks P.T. Usha's record in 400m at 51.21 sec in an international meet at Kiev in Ukraine.
1/23/1972Bootlegger sells wood alcohol to wedding party; 100 die in New Delhi.
5/29/1936Gandhi's eldest son creates a controversy as he converts to the Muslim faith.
8/12/1919Dr. Vikram Ambalal Sarabhai, the father of Indian space technology and scientist, was born at Ahmedabad.
2/6/2000''Water'' shooting stopped following suicide by a Shiv Sena activist; and director, Ms. Deepa Mehta asked to leave Varanasi.
8/28/1906Chintamani Govind (Mama Pendse), great actor, was born.
4/17/1952First Lok Sabha was formed. Ananthasaynam Ayyangar, was elected as the first Deputy speaker of Lok Sabha (1952).