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Historical Event on 1/11/1998

C. V. Gadkari, great Indian Test all-rounder 1953-55, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/10/2000The world's first elected woman Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranaike died of heart attack in Colombo.
10/11/1962Chinese, Indian troops clash on border, claiming 50 lives.
9/19/1933Sunit Francis Rodrigues, former Chief Army General, was born.
7/24/2000S. Vijayalakshmi becomes the first Indian woman Grandmaster in the International Grandmasters chess tournament held in Hyderabad.
1/22/1986Satwant Singh, Balbir Singh and Kehar Singh, all sikhs, were sentenced to death for the assassination of India's Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.
5/5/1992Prithvi, India's medium range surface-to-surface missile, successfully launched.
3/10/1959Mukundrao Ramarao Jaikar, great freedom fighter and famous lawyer, passed away.
6/21/1862Ganendra Mohan Tagore was the first Indian to get the Barrister-at-Law Degree after passing the examination from Lincoln Inn University.
3/9/1974Guru Amudan Sharma, famous Manipuri dance master, passed away.
3/31/1997The Bombay Stock Exchange crashes by 300 points.