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Historical Event on 6/11/1983

Ghanshyam Das Birla, great freedom fighter, social reformer, pioneer of Indian business, industry, and nationalist, died at London at the age of 89.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/5/1848Satara kingdom came to end.
12/11/1991Murali Manohar Joshi, BJP President, sets out on 'the Kanyakumari to Kashmir Ekta Yatra' (unity march).
7/5/1981Rajan Mahadevan recites 31,811 digits of ¦(pie) from memory.
10/31/1990Hindus flee Muslim prorsecution in Kashmir Valley.
7/19/1949Raja of Tehri Garhwal announces merger with Indian Union.
9/13/1928Shridhar Pathak, prominent Hindi writer, passed away.
10/1/1854Postal stamp introduced in India. These lithographed stamps were of denominations of half anna and one anna. These stamps bore the Head of Queen Victoria with India at top and value at bottom. The half anna stamp was printed between May 5 to July 29 and printing of one anna stamp commenced on July 26.
8/15/1990India successfully test fires 'Akash', an advanced medium range surface to air missile.
3/15/1993Vinod Kambli scores 227 vs Zimbabwe. This was his second consecutive Test 200.
3/18/1991West Bengal opts for assembly poll.