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Historical Event on 11/2/1897

Sohrab Meharwanji Modi, theatre and film producer, director and actor, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/2/1897The Sultan, losing his hold over the army and some members of his aristocracy, very wisely abdicated in favour of his brother Ahmad, who is famous in Deccan history as Ahmad Shah Wali.
12/20/1967Indira Gandhi gets powers to outlaw groups that question sovereignty.
1/21/1820Dalpat Rai, modern Gujrati poet, was born.
5/9/1992Madhu Sapre, Miss India, is crowned the second runner-up at the Miss Universe beauty pageant.
10/22/2000The Supreme Court, in a significant order, erases Karnataka High Court judgement discharging former Chief Minister S. Bangarappa and his then private secretary R. Suribabu in a corruption case.
10/6/1997International Commodity Exchange Division of the India Pepper and Spice Trade Association in Kochi opened.
1/20/1879Raghunath Chaudhary, famous Assamia nature poet, was born.
11/29/1996Shaleem I. Shervani, Minister of State for Health & Family Welfare and President, ICMR Governing Body, was the Chief Guest at the concluding ceremony of the year long celebrations of the 85th year of ICMR at New Delhi. He released a special issue of the ICMR Bulletin on this occasion and presented momentos to the former Additional Directors-General and Directors-General of the ICMR.
8/29/1976Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam of Bengal, great revolutionary, died on his visit to Dhaka in Bangladesh.
9/22/1902Sorabjee Harmasji Colah, (right-hand batsman who batted in India's first two Tests), was born in Bombay.