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Historical Event on 11/11/1958
Inauguration of 'Indian', first one in Indian Explosive Ltd's factory at Gomia.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/16/1901 | Mahadeo Govind Ranade, eminent social worker and thinker, passed away. |
| 1/7/1831 | Heinrich Von Stephan, famous general of postal union and freedom fighter, was born at Pomerania. |
| 2/17/1931 | Viceroy of India Lord Irvin accepted Mahatma Gandhi as leader of people and invited him at Vicregal Lodge (now known at Rashtrapati Bhavan). After the event, Winston Churchill, who later became Prime Minister of Britain, referred Gandhiji as ""the Half-Naked Fakir of India"". |
| 3/23/1910 | Dr. Ram Manohar Hiralal Lohia also known as ""Dauntless Dr. Lohia"", freedom fighter and socialist leader, was born at Akbarpur, district Faizabad, Uttar Pradesh. He had founded Praja Socialist Party in 1952. |
| 3/1/1962 | Gaya University renamed as Magadh University. |
| 2/15/1869 | Mirza ""Galib"" Asad Ullah Beg Khan, famous Urdu poet and writer, passed away. |
| 7/16/1954 | French rule ends in Mahe. De facto power was transferred to the people and the Indian flag hoisted. |
| 2/18/1992 | 47 die in Tamil Nadu's Kumbakonam Mahamakham stampede. |
| 8/1/1963 | Soviets offer India arms to block China. |
| 6/8/1948 | Malabar Princess', Air India's first international flight, takes off from Bombay to London via Cairo and Geneva. This was weekly air service was started between India to United Kingdom. |
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