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Historical Event on 11/11/1924

Rusi Sheriyar Modi, cricketer (Indian batsman in post-War years), was born in Surat, Gujarat.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/10/1901Formal inauguration of the new North-West Frontier Province created out of the Punjab.
5/16/1933Shani, writer of novel 'Kalajal' and film 'Shaukin', was born.
10/9/2000The Reserve Bank of India issued bank notes in the denomination of Rs.1000 in the Mahatma Gandhi series bearing the leader's portrait in the watermark and signature of Dr. Bimal Jalan, Governor of the RBI. The length of the note is 177 mm and the width is 73 mm. The notes are printed in a combination of offset and intaglio processes. This is the first note with intaglio printing on it.
6/16/1992P. D. Dhhavle, former editor of daily newspaper `Maharashtra', passed away.
6/18/1918A. R. Rajrajvarma, famous poet of Malayalam language, critic and master of grammer, passed away.
3/22/1902Great Britain and Persia agree to link Europe and India by telegraph.
12/1/1955Nikita Khrushchev delivers speech condemning British colonialism.
7/13/1990Union Ministers Arun Nehru, Arif Mohammed Khan and Satpal Malik submitted their resignation in protest against O.P.Chautala's taking over as CM of Haryana.
1/8/1992Luggage rate of railway passengers hiked by 30 per cent.
6/26/1995Madhya Pradesh declared ""Tiger State"" as it homes one sixth of the world's tiger population.