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Historical Event on 8/11/1956

The Lok Sabha passed the States Reorganisation Act.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/10/1918Rowlatt Act introduced by Lord Chelmsford.
6/16/1997K. R. Narayanan, Vice-President, is the joint candidate of Congress(I) and United Front for Presidentship in July 14 election.
2/7/1931Shila Kaul, the chief minister of New Delhi, was born.
1/17/1908Akkineni Lakshmi Varaprasada Rao Prasad, film producer, was born.
12/12/1955The President promulgated an ordinance providing the usage of Hindi with English for official purposes of Indian Union. B.G. Kher Commission (under article 344(I) of the Constitution) constituted. Hindi Teaching Scheme was introduced under Ministry of Home Affairs.
1/11/1994Hyderabad score 6 for 944 against Andhra Pradesh in Ranji Trophy.
12/20/1990India and Pakistan agree not to attack each other's nuclear installations.
10/2/1930Jayasinghrao Mansingrao Ghorpade, cricketer (8 Tests for India 1952-59 with little impact), was born in Panchgani, Maharashtra.
5/17/1980V. S. Kumar Anandan sets record of balancing on one foot for continuous 33 hrs.
1/16/1992Prices of steel and iron decontrolled.