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Historical Event on 8/11/1954
Yashpal Barburam Sharma, cricketer (Indian right-handed batsman early 80'), was born in Ludhiana.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/17/1937 | Delhi-Calcutta Express Train derailed near Patna killing 95. |
| 8/2/1922 | Gangaprasad Birla, great industrialist, was born. |
| 2/9/1964 | Hanumant Singh scores 105 runs on his debut match during the India vs England cricket tournament at Delhi. |
| 12/11/1999 | Gopalakrishna Gandhi, former High Commissioner to South Africa, is conferred the honorary doctorate by the University of Natal, Durban, South Africa. |
| 10/15/1888 | Gopal Ganesh Agarkar started daily newspaper 'Sudharak'. |
| 3/1/1640 | Britishers were allowed to do commercial activities in Madras. |
| 5/15/1998 | Pandit Ravi Shankar, Sitar maestro, receives the 1998 Polar music award. |
| 9/7/1995 | Mohammed Yousef Jameel, BBC stringer and special correspondent of The Asian Age, died in a parcel bomb explosion in Srinagar. |
| 11/30/1990 | Admiral Laxmi Narayan Ramdas takes over as Chief of Naval Staff. |
| 4/27/1994 | Supreme Court strikes down section 309 of the Indian Penal Code(which makes suicide a punishable offence)- violative of Article 21. |
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