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Historical Event on 9/11/1956

The PM announced in the Lok Sabha the conclusion of the Netaji Inquiry Committee that Netaji did die in an air-crash.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/18/1956Sandeep Madhusudan Patil, great Indian batsman, was born in Bombay.
11/12/1996Over 350 people die in mid-air collision in Bhiwani district, Haryana.
10/5/1989Dalai Lama was honoured with the Nobel Peace Prize (1989).
4/10/1996Delhi High Court bans the import of toxic waste in India.
5/23/1931Sharad Joshi, famous Hindi poet, playwright and journalist, was born.
9/22/1999Former Test all-rounder Chandu Borde was re-appointed chairman of National Selection Committee on Day two of the BCCI AGM in Jaipur.
1/15/1993PM asks for judicial probe into Bombay riots, sanctions Rs. 1 crore aid for victims.
9/26/1946Gandhiji was interviewed with Wavell.
3/22/1907Perturbed by a new law restricting Asiatic immigrants, Mohandas Gandhi, a young Indian attorney now living in South Africa, organized a campaign of civil disobedience to resist the statute popular bill passed by the new Boer government of the Transvaal Colony. The Asiatic Registration Bill was considered by Gandhi unjust and discriminatory to the large Chinese and Indian populations. However, the government expressed the belief that the ordinance was popular. ""Over 90 percent of the white people thoroughly approve of it,"" said Sir Gilbert Parker, a Conservative member of Parliament.
1/23/1909New direct 7,000-mile telegraphic link with India is hailed as a great achievement at London.