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Historical Event on 8/11/1961

Dadra and Nagar Haweli declared as Union Territory States.

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9/26/1999Six selected for Shanti Swaroop award for Science.
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7/22/1956Quake shatters town of Anjar; claiming 117 lives, 800 people were missing.
1/30/1959Uranium Metal Project started producing Uranium at Trombay, Mumbai.
5/13/1791Lord Cornwallis retreated back to Madras after the battle of Arikera.
12/12/1989Air Chief Marshal (retd.) Arjan Singh named Delhi Lt. Governor.
8/19/1992K.R.Narayanan elected the ninth Vice President of India.
9/24/1992India's Leander Paes defeats Britain's Jeremy Bates in the Davis Cup tie in New Delhi.
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