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Historical Event on 1/11/1994

Shankarrao Savekar, veteran cameraman of film industry, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/23/1774British Commander Colonel Chapman defeated Rohilla's army and captured Ruhelkhand.
8/19/1944The last Japanese troops driven out of India.
2/18/1895Shri Rafi Ahmed Kidwai, nationalist, patriot, social reformer and Congress leader, was born at Masauli village, Barabanki District.
5/18/1992President R. Venkataraman reaches Beijing.
4/19/1993Sanjay Dutt, film star, was held under TADA for possessing an AK-56 rifle.
5/6/1967Dr. Zakir Hussain elected President.
8/17/1909Madanlal Dhingra, famous revolutionary, was hanged at Paintanville Jail for assassinating Wyle and Lal Kaka.
8/1/1957National Book Trust inaugurated.
11/19/19971996 Indira Gandhi prize for peace, disarmament and development presented to Medicins Sans Frontieres, a non-government organisation, providing medical aid to the needy across the globe, by President K. R. Narayanan on the 80th birth anniversary of Indira Gandhi.
5/31/1926Probir ""Khokhan"" Sen, cricket wicket-keeper (India in late 40's/early 50's), was born.