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Historical Event on 1/11/1966
Lal Bahadur Shastri, Indian Prime Minister (1964-66), passed away at Tashkent, U.S.S.R. at 1:32, age 61. He was awarded the Bharat Ratna posthumously.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/2/1891 | Padmashree V. P. Karmarkar (Nanasaheb), famous sculptor, was born. |
| 12/4/1898 | Kariamanikkam Srinivasa Krishnan, Indian Scientist and Physicist-Philosopher, was born in Tamil Nadu. |
| 2/28/1712 | Bahadur Shah I died at Lahore at the age of 72 in the war of succession. |
| 8/3/1900 | Nana Patil, great revolutionary, was born. |
| 5/29/1933 | Kishorilal Goswami, famous Hindi novelist, passed away. |
| 5/16/1996 | Atal Krishna Behari Vajpayee, leader of Bharatiya Janta Party, becomes the 10th Prime Minister for 13 days (from May 16, 1996 to May 28, 1996 [techinally till 01-06-1996]), although his ability to govern effectively is in doubt. |
| 5/27/1857 | Nana Sahib was captured at Kanpur. |
| 5/15/1992 | Harshad Mehta suspended. |
| 8/8/1946 | India agrees to give Bhutan 32 miles. |
| 10/26/1962 | After Chinese attack, Emergency and Defence of India Ordinance was declared for the first time in India by the President. |
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