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Historical Event on 11/1/1973

Lakshdeep Minikai and Amin Divi were renamed as Lakshadweep, and Masker (Mysore) state renamed as Karnataka.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/15/1947On the the stroke of mid-night on 14th August 1947, India became independent and was partitioned. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru became the first prime minister and Dr. Rajendra Prasad became the first president of free India. The mixed economy policy was taken on a five-year plan basis for economic development. On 26th January 1950, India became a democratic and is the biggest democracy of the world today. In 1956, on the basis of languages, India was divided into 14 states and 6 union territories. Today, there are 27 states and 7 union territories.
1/17/1987Tata Football Academy was opened in Tatanagar.
8/12/1988S. R. Bommai elected Karnataka CM.
12/11/1872Rajkhova Benudhar, modern Assamese poet, was born.
2/6/1996Supreme Court upholds election of CPI (M) leader O. Bharathan to Kerala Assembly from Edakkad (91).
3/27/1990A 10-member Progressive Democratic Front Ministry led by Churchill Alemao sworn in Goa.
10/29/1952Amalgamation of the Steel Corporation of Bengal with Indian Iron and Steel Company Ltd. to be effective from 1st January 1953 under the latter's name.
7/23/1898Tarashankar Bandopadhyay, well known Bangla novelist, was born.
6/9/1999The Indian army occupies two key positions in the Batalik sector.
6/20/1997Second round of Foreign Secretary-level talks between India and Pakistan starts in Islamabad.