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Today In Indian History - Historical Events of India
| Date | Event Name |
| 4/11/1856 |
Lievens Constantly, Flemish missionary in India, was born. |
| 4/11/1887 |
Jamini Roy, famous artist, was born. |
| 4/11/1906 |
K.V. Jagannathan, great Hindi writer and journalist, was born at Krishnarayapuram,Tamil Nadu. |
| 4/11/1913 |
Iron ropes bridge known as 'Laxman Jhula' was constructed over Ganga at Hrishikesh |
| 4/11/1930 |
Pandit Motilal Nehru renamed 'Anand Bhuvan' as 'Swaraj Bhawan' and handed it over to the people. |
| 4/11/1931 |
Mahendranath Yeshwant Gupte, cricket test umpire for 1 test in 1984-85, was born at Mumbai. |
| 4/11/1937 |
Ramnath Krishnan, well known Indian Tennis player, was born. |
| 4/11/1942 |
All-India Congress party rejects British offer of dominion status at New Delhi. |
| 4/11/1952 |
Treaty between France and India, transferring the former French settlement of Chandranagar to India, is ratified by the National Assembly, Paris. It was the last formal step in completing the process of sovereignty. |
| 4/11/1964 |
Communist Party of India was divided in two parts. Firstly known as Communist Party of India [CPI], its second fragmentation was named as Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)]. This division was on ideological differences at the international level. |
| 4/11/1984 |
Soyuz T-11 returns to Earth which carried 3 cosmonauts including the first Indian Sqn. Ldr. Rakesh Sharma, to Salyut 7. |
| 4/11/1992 |
Marathi cinema's Bhaichandra Govind Pendharkar gets Phalke Award. |
| 4/11/1992 |
Dr. M.M.Thomas, Nagaland Governor, removed from office. |
| 4/11/1993 |
Tamil Nadu and Karnataka decide to form a joint task force to nab Veerappan and announces a reward of Rs. 40 lakh for his capture. |
| 4/11/1993 |
Laxmanrao Madhav Bhide, senior freedom fighter and history expert, passed away. |
| 4/11/1997 |
10-month-old Deve Gowde govt. at the centre voted out of power. 292 voting against the motion of confidence in Lok Sabha, 158 for it, 6 abstaining. |
| 4/11/1999 |
The DRDO has successfully flight tested AGNI-11 with a range of 2000 km, using solid propellant rocket motors in both stages and rail mobile launcher system from its new launch complex in the Orissa Coast. With this launch the country has reached the point of operationalisation of AGNI-11 as a weapon system. (1-1-2000). |
| 4/11/1999 |
A.K.A. Abdul Samad (72), general secretary of IUML and State unit president, died in Chennai. |
| 4/11/1999 |
Chetan Baboor and Poulomi Ghatak won the men's and women's titles resp. in the India Cup table tennis in Mumbai. |
| 4/11/1999 |
India successfully test-fires the extended range ''Agni-II'' missile, bridging a key gap in its minimum nuclear deterrent profile. |
| 4/11/1999 |
Paes-Bhupathi won the doubles in the in the ATP-Gold Flake Open in Chennai. |
| 4/11/1999 |
Tamil Nadu men, Railways women emerged National Volleyball League champions in Triprayar. |
| 4/11/2000 |
Ms. Jhumpa Lahiri, an author of Indian origin, wins the Pulitzer Prize for fiction for her debut collection of short stories 'Interpreter of Maladies'. |
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| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/25/1844 | Girishchandra Ghosh, famous Bengali actor and dramatist, was born. |
| 12/25/1926 | Dharmavir Bharti, journalist and editor of Dharmyug, was born. His famous books are ""Gunahon Ka Devta"" and ""Suraj Ka Satwa Ghoda"". |
| 2/18/1895 | Shri Rafi Ahmed Kidwai, nationalist, patriot, social reformer and Congress leader, was born at Masauli village, Barabanki District. |
| 11/10/1994 | Dr. K. V. Putappa ""Kuvempu"", first Gyanpeet Awardee for literature and Kannad author, died at the age of 90 ye |
| 11/7/1997 | RBI Governor Dr. Chakravarti Rangarajan appointed new Governor of Andhra Pradesh. Dr. Bimal Jalan, Member-Secretary, Planning Commission, will take over as RBI Governor. |
| 2/19/1986 | Computerised railway ticket reservation system was introduced in New Delhi Railway station. |
| 8/16/1991 | Indian Airliner Boeing 737 crashes in Manipur's Churachandpur district killing all 69 aboard. |
| 4/15/1932 | Suresh Shridhar Bhat, famous poet, was born. |
| 6/17/1950 | Syed Wazir Ali, cricketer (7 Tests for India), passed away. |
| 12/17/1740 | Chimaji Appa, Peshwa warrior, died. |
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