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Historical Event on 2/11/1996

Wills World Cup Cricket inaugurated at Calcutta.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/5/1931Mahatma Gandhi & British viceroy Lord Irwin sign a pact referred in Indian History as ""Gandhi-Irwin Pact"", after which the civic disobedience movement was taken back.
3/12/1992India and the US decide to hold joint naval exercises in the Indian ocean.
8/10/1993Narayan Keshav Upasni, famous educationist, passed away.
6/11/1997Jaspal Rana and J. Abhijit in the men's section and Nisha Millet in the women's section adjudged best sports persons of the National Games.
1/4/1909Prabhakar Padhye, modern Marathi litterateur, was born.
8/14/1896Gandhiji published ""The Green Pamphlet"" at Rajkot and then toured to Bombay, Madras, Poona and Calcutta educating Indians in regard to grievances of South African Indians.
5/7/195081 people died in a rail crash at Patna. A sabotage was suspected.
10/24/1992Narmada, World Bank sets time to correct defects.
1/16/1990Dr. R.R. Diwakar, Gandhian and former Union Minister, passed away.
6/4/1997Special Judge Ajit Bharihoke discharges former Prime Minister P. V. Narasimha Rao and former Union Minister Prof. K. K. Tewary in St. Kitts forgery case for lack of sufficient evidence.