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Historical Event on 2/11/1979
Shankarrao Narayanrao Mohite Patil `Sahakari Maharshi' passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/21/1906 | Vyomeshchandra Banerjee, first president of All India Congress, passed away. |
| 6/20/1957 | Govindrao Burhanpurkar, famous harmonium player, died. |
| 3/3/1990 | JD-BJP coalition government in Gujarat, Chimanbhai Patel to become CM; Sharad Pawar in Maharashtra and Bhairon Singh Shekhewat of BJP to head the BJP-JD coalition government in Rajasthan. |
| 8/12/1966 | Mihir Sen swam Dadenelis. |
| 12/8/1996 | Sachin Tendulkar became the youngest cricketer to make 3000 runs in test cricket (at the age of 23 yrs and 228 days.) |
| 1/2/1997 | Bihar wins team titles in both men's and women's sections in national archery. Limba Ram and Purnima Mahato, both of Bihar, win individual crowns in men's and women's sections respectively. Turkey's `Pocket Hercules', weightlifter Naim Suleymanoglu, who captured three Olympic gold medals, calls it a day in Ankara. |
| 1/28/1925 | Raja Ramanna, fourth President of Indian Atomic Energy Commission, was born. |
| 7/1/1962 | Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy, great leader, veteran nationalist, politician, professor, physician and architect, passed away. |
| 4/15/1919 | British troops kill 400 Indians, who were demonstrating against the British rule at Amritsar for the forced marshall law on Punjab. |
| 5/8/1997 | India decides to import currency notes for the first time. |
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