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Historical Event on 8/11/1961

Dadra and Nagar Haweli declared as Union Territory States.

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10/1/2000Ram Vilas Paswan, Communications Minister, launched the Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited having total functional autonomy.
8/12/199272 militants surrendered before Punjab CM Beant Singh.
7/24/1996Govt. decides to raise the ceiling on the maximum amount of retirement/death gratuity from Rs. 1 lakh to Rs. 2.50 lakhs.
3/22/1969The first public sector petrochemical organisation was inaugurated.
10/17/1994Kapil Dev's last one-day international vs West Indies.
7/27/1927Krishna Baldev Vaid, famous story writer and novelist, was born.
10/26/1969Neil Armstrong, the first men to land on Moon by 'Apollo II ', and Edwin Aldrin came to Bombay.
2/23/1998Raman Lamba, former Indian Test cricketer, passed away in Dhaka, three days after being hit on the head while close-in fielding.
4/1/1869Income Tax was imposed. On the same day New Indian Divorce Act came into operation.
2/14/1924Ikramullah (Ikram Sagri) Khan, famous Hindi poet, was born at Rehli in Madhya Pradesh.