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Historical Event on 6/11/1907
Shantilal Jivanlal Gandhi, famous Hindi writer, was born in Mehmadabad, Gujarat .
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| 5/3/1969 | Shri Varahagiri Venkatagiri (1884-1980) became the acting President of India. |
| 1/11/1975 | Oil struck in third Bombay High rig. |
| 5/31/1891 | Buddhagaya Mahabodhi Society, an organization to encourage Buddhist studies in India and abroad, was established by a Buddhist monk Anagarika Dharmapala. |
| 12/25/1999 | An Indian Airlines aircraft with 187 passengers on board is hijacked. The plane was going from Katmandu to New Delhi. It lands near Abu Dhabi after several hops. |
| 3/1/1995 | Iftikar, famous character actor, died. |
| 1/26/2001 | Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Lata Mangeshkar. |
| 1/19/1992 | Manvendra Mukherji, famous singer and music director, passed away. |
| 9/29/1930 | Ramnath Baburao Kenny, cricketer (batted in 5 Tests for India in 1950's), was born in Bombay. |
| 12/20/2000 | The Government accepts the Eleventh Finance Commission recommendation to extend grants to all the States from the Incentive Fund. |
| 7/27/1927 | Krishna Baldev Vaid, famous story writer and novelist, was born. |
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