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Historical Event on 1/11/1966

Lal Bahadur Shastri, Indian Prime Minister (1964-66), passed away at Tashkent, U.S.S.R. at 1:32, age 61. He was awarded the Bharat Ratna posthumously.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/22/1947There were bound to be difficulties in consolidating the loosely federated Indian provinces, princely states, etc. into one homogeneous whole state. Kashmir, after initial dithering, acceded to India voluntarily and by popular consent, then, was invaded by Pakistani tribesmen with the support of the Pakistani government.
1/1/1967Day's play in the Calcutta Test vs West Indies cancelled by riots.
1/22/2000India retains the golf title in the SAARC championship in Dhaka.
4/3/1999India's INSAT-2E multipurpose telecommunications satellite is successfully launched from the Kourou space station in French Guyana.
9/10/1887Govind Ballabh Pant was born in village Khunt, Almora District, U.P. He served eight years as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. He was as outstanding parliamentary figure of his days. He was awarded with Bharat Ratna in 1959.
8/15/1947Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru becomes the first Indian Prime Minister of free India.
10/14/199210 Indians sentenced to six years in jail in the UAE on account of staging a play in Sharjah.
12/25/1979Opening day of Fourth Test Cricket, India 8-112 v Pakistan at Kanpur.
5/25/1979Commercial Unity Day started.
8/13/1998India signs two agreements with the World Bank for concessional credit through the International Development Association for $115.4 million.