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Historical Event on 1/11/1966

Lal Bahadur Shastri, Indian Prime Minister (1964-66), passed away at Tashkent, U.S.S.R. at 1:32, age 61. He was awarded the Bharat Ratna posthumously.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/15/1911First meeting of the governing body of the Indian Research Fund Association (IRFA) was held at the Plague Laboratory, Bombay, under the Chairmanship of Sir Harcourt Butler.
12/30/1803East India Comapny captured Dehli, Agra and Bharooch.
10/19/1925B. Shankaranand, former central minister, was born.
11/19/1994Lt. Gen. Shankar Roy Choudhury appointed Army Chief following the death of Gen. B.C. Joshi.
12/1/1947India all out for 58 vs Australia at Gabba.
7/29/1983First Pilot-less Aeroplane of India was tested successfully by the Aeronautical Development Establishment near Kolar.
10/15/1996Kerala CM Nayanar says Governors are not necessary in states.
1/20/1897Gandhiji declines to prosecute assailants.
5/15/1993K.M. Cariappa, field marshal and Major General, passed away at the age of 93.
7/6/1837Ramkrishna Gopal Bhandarkar, a reputed oriental scholar and famous Indian Scientist, was born in Malvan in Ratnagiri district. He was a social reformer and an active member of Prathana Samaj of Bombay.