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Historical Event on 11/7/1995

India opens second consulate in UK in Glasgow (first being at Birmingham).

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/3/1998Kavi Pradeep, Hindi film lyricist, is selected for the 1997 Dada Saheb Phalke award.
1/1/1976Broadcasting of Commercial Advertisements on TV stations started.
12/24/1762Gopalrao defeated in the battle of Jamkhindi.
4/8/1894Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, famous novelist and writer of national song 'Vande Mataram', died at the age of 55. Some of his writings are 'Anandmath' and 'Kapal Kundala'.
12/27/1926Imperial Airways announces the first scheduled air service to India from New Year in UK.
3/28/1914Komagata Maru sailed from Hong Kong to Vancouver with 351 Sikhs and 21 Punjabi Muslim youths under the captaincy of Sardar Gurjeet Singh as a part of 'Ghadar' Movement.
4/18/1898Damodar Hari Chapekar, India's first revolutionary, was hanged in the Yervada Central Jail. He was punished for killing the Rand and Ayrest British Officials.
12/27/1988The first hot-air Cross India Balloon started its flight in Rajasthan.
9/6/1905Satyacharan Chaterjee, great Indian Geologist, was born.
1/9/1915Gandhiji reached Bombay on his return from South Africa. He became a member of the Indian National Congress. He was awarded Kaiseri-e-Hind Gold Medal for Ambulance service on Jan, 11.