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Historical Event on 2/11/1959
Vinoo Mankad plays his final Test Cricket (vs West Indies at Delhi).
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/16/1959 | National Council of Women's Education was inaugurated in New Delhi. |
| 10/21/1789 | Ramshastri Prabhune, justice of Peshwa kingdom, died. |
| 7/24/1911 | Pannalal Ghosh, famous flute player, was born. |
| 7/13/1929 | Jatindranath Das started fast strike. |
| 3/1/1987 | A Pakistani official quoted as saying, ""Pakistan has nuclear bomb capabilities at New Delhi"". |
| 11/16/1877 | Ardaseer Cursetjee Wadia, professor, pioneer and innovator, died. He was the first Indian who was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society, London. He introduced lighting by gas and was the first to build ""INDUS"", a steam-ship in India in 1833. He also introduced sewing machine, photography and electro-plat |
| 8/3/1984 | Bomb attack at Madras airport claims 32 lives. |
| 8/22/1980 | Kishor Shahu, actor and director, died. |
| 9/4/1929 | N. Hanumantha Rao, cricket test umpire for 9 tests from 1978-84, was born in Karnataka. |
| 8/17/1932 | V.S. Naipaul, great Indian writer, was born. |
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