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Historical Event on 1/11/1966

Lal Bahadur Shastri was posthumously awarded the ""Bharat Ratna"".

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/7/1973Shivkumar Batalvi, famous Punjabi poet, died.
9/11/1911Amarnath Lala, right-hand Indian all-rounder of 30s and 40s, was born at Lahore in Pakistan. He was awarded with Padma Bhushan in 1991.
12/19/1917Ashoknath Banerjee, Governor of Karnataka, was born.
11/15/1998Naresh & Girdhari Lal Yadav win the National Enterprise sailing championship in Mumbai.
11/25/1990Sri Lanka all out at 82, Venkatapathy Raju (I) 6-12 off 17.5 overs.
5/21/1923Keshavrao Kothavle `Lalit', editor of monthly magazine, was born.
3/15/1941Gorkha Rifles Battalion Group (INDBATT) unit was raised as the 4th Battalion, the 2nd King Edward VII's own Gorkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles) by Lt Col O'de T Lovett at Deharadun.
1/3/1997Government announces setting up of a Central Board for bank frauds.
7/31/1993K. Vijaya Rama Rao became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 31/07/96).
8/19/1910Sister Alphonsa, teacher and social worker, was born at Kudamaloor, Kerala.