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Historical Event on 2/11/1979

Cellular Jail, which is situated at Andaman Nikobar Islands, was declared as a National Memorial.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/15/1950Indian Constitution goes into effect.
12/15/1908Swami Ranga Natahananda, was born at Trikkur, Kerala.
11/29/1926Prabhakar Narayan Padhye (Bhau Padhye), great journalist and litterateur, was born.
9/3/1995Ram Jethmalani (lawyer and MP) launches a new party, Bharatiya Lok Panchayat, to rid the country of its evils.
4/25/1993Indian Airlines plane hijacker shot dead by commandoes. All 141 persons rescued.
11/8/2000India wins the men's team title in the World Carrom championship in New Delhi.
1/3/1921First Indian Parliament meets.
5/17/1999Sonia Gandhi resigns as Congress president but the CWC(I) rejects it.
12/1/1993World AIDS day.
6/26/1995Madhya Pradesh declared ""Tiger State"" as it homes one sixth of the world's tiger population.