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Historical Event on 9/11/1948
Mohammad Ali Jinnah, father of Pakistan, died.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/20/1999 | Quiet start to the 13th Lok Sabha. |
| 6/28/1975 | Netherlands gives independence to Dutch Guyana, which becomes Suriname; one third of Hindus (descendants of Indian plantation workers) emigrate to Netherlands for better social and economic conditions. |
| 12/31/1923 | Vishnu Dayal Jhunjhunwala, great industrialist, was born at Kanpur. |
| 1/18/1963 | Laxminarayn Sahu, litterateur, journalist and social reformer, passed away. |
| 4/21/1990 | The first indigenously built missile cruiser boat, 'Vibhuti', was inaugurated and launched. |
| 8/12/1905 | Japan, Britain reach an accord determining spheres of influence in Far East; India to remain with the British. |
| 10/26/1947 | After the tribal column, raping and looting along the way by Pakistani Army continued at Baramulla, 50 kilometres from Srinagar. Maharaja of Jammu & Kashmir Hari Singhji, then, signed the instrument of accession with India and the Indian Armed Forces reacted to the Pakistani Army's infiltration. Great acts of personal gallantry and collective bravery were shown in the Kashmir operations. Major Som Nath Sharma was awarded the PVC, India's highest decoration for valour, and Brigadier Usman, commanding the 50th Parachute Brigade, was awarded the MVC. Both the soldiers were awarded posthumously. |
| 7/13/1964 | Utpal Chatterjee, cricketer (Bengal slow left-arm bowler), was born in Calcutta. |
| 7/17/2000 | 55 persons die as a Boeing 737 of Alliance Air from Calcutta to Delhi via Patna and Lucknow crashes at Gardanibagh, one km from the runway at the Patna airport. |
| 11/8/1999 | The Government announces waiver of telephone bills up to Rs. 1000 in the rural areas of cyclone-hit Orissa. |
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