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Historical Event on 3/11/1948

SS Jal Usha, the first ocean-going steamer made in India, was launched from Visakhapatnam.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/8/1919Gandhiji arrested on way to Delhi for refusal to comply with order not to enter Punjab; escorted back to Bombay; outbreaks of violence in several towns.
3/24/2000Rupali Repale of India becomes the first woman and the youngest to swim the Robben Island channel-both ways.
6/11/1995PM leaves for 4-day official visit to France.
1/19/1982Mizo National Front and allied organizations declared illegal.
9/1/1962Shivaji University was established in Kolhapur.
8/8/1972Olympics open at Munich (26).
7/29/1904Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhai Tata, president of Tata industrial group, was born in Paris, France. He was the first pilot of India to be conferred with the Bharat Ratna.
10/15/1915Dr. I. Gopalkrishnan, Cricket Test Umpire for 7 tests from 1960-67, was born in Tamil Nadu.
5/2/1922Kedarnath Modi, great Industrialist in Maharashtra, was born.
3/30/1994Exim Policy streamlined to attract exporting community.