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Historical Event on 6/11/1930
A cyclonic storm blew a train off the rails near Himmatnagar, Gujarat, killing at least one person and injuring many more.
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| 3/5/1989 | Baba Prithvisingh, founder of Labour Party, passed away. |
| 11/10/1960 | B. N. Jha was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 08-03-1961 |
| 9/22/1979 | Maulana Abdul Ali Moudoodi aka Syed Abul A'la Maududi Chishti, founder leader of the Jamait- E- Islam, died in USA, he had taken pakistani citizenship. |
| 8/16/1923 | Narayan Athavle, famous Marathi litterateur and journalist, was born. |
| 1/26/1950 | India became a Republic within the British Commonwealth and the Indian Air Force dropped its ""Royal"" prefix. At this time, it possessed six fighter squadrons of Spitfires, Vampires and Tempests, operating from Kanpur, Poona, Ambala and Palam, one B-24 bomber squadron, one C-47 Dakota transport squadron, one AOP flight, a communications squadron at Palam and a growing training organisation. |
| 4/14/1990 | Veena Vidwan S. Balachander passed away. |
| 1/3/1997 | Congress President Sitaram Kesri elected leader of Congress Parliamentary Party, and Sharad Pawar appointed leader of the Congress in the Lok Sabha. |
| 7/12/2000 | 67 persons died in a landslide triggered by torrential rains in Ghatkopar, a Mumbai suburb. |
| 2/9/1929 | Abdul Rehman Abdul Gafur Antule, former Chief Minister of Maharashtra and Central Minister for Health, was born. |
| 12/21/1903 | Bhalchandra Digambar Garware, famous industrailist, was born. |
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