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Historical Event on 8/11/1911

Prem Bhatia, great journalist, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/11/1999Four DRDO scientists and four pilots aboard an Avro plane on a research test flight are killed as the plane crashes after take-off from the Arakkonam INS Rajali Naval air base in Tamil Nadu.
8/8/1923Floods on the Ganges and Jumna rivers cause loss of life in Benares, India.
6/11/1998Chetak helicopter of IAF rescued a Border Security Force Jawan stuck waist deep in quicksand.
1/5/1994Tamil Nadu Assembly passes two bills making the Chief Minister, the Chancellor of all universities instead of the Governor.
6/25/1997USA & India sign a new bilateral treaty for the extradition of fugitive offenders.
9/30/1961Chandrakant Sitaram Pandit, occasional Indian cricket wicket-keeper (late 80's), was born in Bombay.
9/25/1927Jagmohan Amirchand was born in Hafizabad (now in Pakistan).
5/3/1764Mir Kasim, with the backing of Delhi Emperor, attacked on Patna but this weak Emperor was defeated by Britishers. Britishers became the rulers of Bengal, the richest province of India.
6/22/1991M. Karunanidhi, DMK President, resigned from the Assembly.
3/22/2000India's first third generation satellite 'Insat-3B' put in orbit by Europe's latest Ariane-5 rocket from Kourou in French Guyana.