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Historical Event on 11/10/2000

R.M. Shankara and Rashmi Kumari lift men's and women's title in the World carrom championship in New Delhi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/25/1910Dalai Lama, Tibeten monk, flees from Chinese troops and takes refuge in India.
11/16/1877Ardaseer Cursetjee Wadia, professor, pioneer and innovator, died. He was the first Indian who was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society, London. He introduced lighting by gas and was the first to build ""INDUS"", a steam-ship in India in 1833. He also introduced sewing machine, photography and electro-plat
11/23/1994100 killed in a stampede of Govari Samaj people during a protest march towards Nagpur Assembly.
8/5/1905Dr. Rajah Sir Muthiah Chettiar, social reformer, was born.
11/20/1942Attri Devi, freedom fighter, was arrested for further six months. She was earlier arrested for personal satyagraha and to hoist the national flag in Delhi Central Jail on January 26.
11/20/1942Savtamali, famous saint, attains 'samadhee'.
8/17/1986In the Jehovah's Witnesses' case, the Supreme Court rules that ""singing National Anthem is not obligatory"".
1/1/1892Mahadev Haribhai Desai, follower of Gandhiji, was born in Surat district.
2/9/1942Chiang Kai-Shek meets Sir Stafford Cripps, British Viceroy in India.
2/12/1824Maharshi Dayanand Saraswati, founder of Arya Samaj, metaphysician, social reformer, religious leader, was born at Jeevapar Tankara, Kathiawad near Morbi.