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Historical Event on 11/8/1965

Bashiruddin Ahmad, religious leader and litterateur, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/3/1956Pandit Nehru and New Zealand Prime Minister Sir Sidney Holland are given the freedom of the City at London.
2/17/1998Delhi-Tamil Nadu Ranji Trophy super-league match in Chennai was abandoned owing to pitch tampering.
9/18/1967English was adopted the official language of Nagaland .
8/28/1972General Insurance Business was nationalised.
8/17/1761William Carey, the first English missionary to India, was born. He taught at the newly founded Fort William College at Calcutta from 1801 till his death and helped found the Serampore Press, which made the Bible accessible to over 300 million people.
10/24/1975Bounded labour system was abolished by Ordinance
5/13/1956Acharya Vinoba Bhave started the Bhoodan campaign in Tiruvellore.
11/13/1970Flooding ravages Ganges delta. 200,000 million killed.
8/17/1998The Government issues a notification banning the use of quinacrine, a controversial female contraceptive and sterilization agent.
3/19/1935British fire on 20,000 Muslims, killing 23.