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Historical Event on 8/11/1954
Madireddy Venkateshwar Narasimha Rao, cricketer (Indian leg-spin all-rounder 1978-79), was born in Secunderabad.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
2/19/1956 | Acharya Narendra Dev, the veteran freedom fighter, revolutionary, thinker and Chairman of PSP, passed away. |
2/15/1936 | Nabin Chandra Bardoloi, freedom fighter, passed away. He was known for his patriotism and zeal for constructive work and was a forceful and emotional orator and debater and an eminent writer in Assamese litrature. He was also a musician and composed good number of patriotic poems and songs. |
11/29/1952 | First international organization for birth control founded in Bombay. |
9/20/1932 | Gandhiji commences ""fast unto death"" (hunger strike) in Poona prison to secure abolition of separate electorates for Harijans and untouchables. |
5/21/1994 | The Union Government imposes blanket ban on capitation fee for admission to private professional colleges. |
5/30/1977 | Express Train fell into Beki river in Assam killing 44 persons. |
10/30/1887 | Sukumar Roy, famous Bengali children's litterateur, was born. |
4/27/2000 | Arun Bharat Ram takes over as the president of the Confederation of Indian Industry. |
6/16/1990 | Bombay gets 42 cm rainfall, the century's highest. The previous high of 41 cm was recorded on 18, 1986. |
8/4/1956 | Apsara, India's first large scale Atomic Energy Nuclear Reactor and first in the East World, was commissioned in Trombay, Bombay. |
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