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Historical Event on 1/11/1859

Lord Curzon, Governor General and Viceroy, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/6/1924S. R. Bommai, former President of Janata Dal, was born.
2/16/1942The third IAF unit to operate the Lysander was No.4 Squadron, formed with four aircraft on 16 February 1942. This squadron was to continue to operate the Westland aircraft until it too was re-equipped with the Hurricane in June 1943.
11/30/1909Gandhiji reaches South Africa.
8/5/1992The Supreme Court appoints a 3-member panel to visit Ayodhya and report on the new structures there.
9/14/1992S. A. Banerjee, cricketer who played one Test for India in 1948 without scoring any runs but took 5 wkts, died.
3/30/1949Dattaram Dharmaji Hindlekar, cricketer (4 Tests for India), passed away.
7/1/1961Kalpana Chawla, the first Indian women astronaut (STS 87), was born in Karnal.
5/23/1997The body of controversial former chief of Tarn Taran district police Ajit Singh Sandhu is recovered from rail tracks near Bhakharpur About 30 km from Chandigarh.
9/4/19676.5 earthquake at Koyna Dam in Maharashtra kills 200 people.
7/25/1961Delhi upgraded as an A-class city on the basis of provisional Census figures of 1961.