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Historical Event on 8/11/1999
Ramnath Parkar, former Indian opening batsman, died in Mumbai.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/21/1961 | Queen of Britain, Elizabeth II, and her husband Duke of Edinburgh visited New Delhi. |
| 10/10/1909 | Nagarwala Noshirvan Dorab, cricket umpire of five Tests, was born in Maharashtra. |
| 8/8/1905 | Dhyanchand, great Hockey player, was born. |
| 12/28/1983 | Gavaskar achieves his 30th century beating Bradman's 29. |
| 1/22/1906 | Judge Jayantilal Chhotalal Shah, chief Justice and Supreme Court of India, was born. |
| 1/22/1906 | Vasco De Gama departed with his fleet from Lisbon Harbour for a trip to India . |
| 6/11/1991 | Forty die in rioting in Srinigar, Kashmir. |
| 1/26/1960 | More medals for armed forces were instituted including the Vishisht Seva Medal (in the classes), Sainya Seva Medal, Videsh Seva Medal and Sena, Nao Sena and Vayu Sena Medals. |
| 1/8/1895 | Ramchandra Sakharam Ruikar, freedom fighter, pioneer of the labour movement in India and President of All India Trade Union Congress, was born at Rui village, district Kolhapur, Maharashtra. |
| 6/23/1895 | Kali Charan Ghosh, great Hindi writer, was born at Calcutta. |
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