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Historical Event on 8/11/1916
Gopal Raghunath Bewur, former Chief of Army and fighter, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/17/1924 | Popati Ramchand Hiranandani, famous Hindi writer, was born at Hyderabad in Sind. |
| 12/25/1771 | Shah Alam II sat on the Throne of Dehli. Marathas captured Delhi and induced Shah Alam to return to Delhi after an absence of 18 years from the captial. |
| 6/20/1996 | Govt. of India declares at Geneva conference on 'Global Ban On Nuclear Testing' that it won't sign the CTBT. |
| 3/31/1996 | Karnataka defeat Tamil Nadu in first innings to win Ranji Trophy. |
| 3/23/1942 | Japanese forces occupy Rangoon, Andaman Islands in Indian Ocean. |
| 11/22/1999 | V. S. Rama Devi and Vishnu Kant Shastri appointed the new Governors of Karnataka and Himachal Pradesh. |
| 1/28/1937 | Suman Kalyanpurkar, famous singer, was born. |
| 5/11/1919 | Troops under General Barrett inflicted a sharp reverse today on the invading Afghans at Bagh Springs. The whole of the frontier area was up in arms with tribesmen threatening Landi Khotal and martial law being proclaimed in Peshawar. It was expected however that General Barrett, well equipped with guns and airplanes, would soon control the situation. Reports had been reaching London for some time about the possibility of an Afghan incursion following the murder of the pro-British Emir Habibullah. His third son, Amanullah Khan, who took over the throne, was known to be hostile toward the government of India. |
| 3/10/1998 | India 'A' beats Pakistan 'A' by 58 runs in the fourth test to clinch the rain-hit series 1-0 at Karachi. |
| 6/11/1930 | A cyclonic storm blew a train off the rails near Himmatnagar, Gujarat, killing at least one person and injuring many more. |
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