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Historical Event on 11/11/1979

President N. Sanjiva Reddy declares the opening of the first International Trade Fair of India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/28/1997Election Commission orders that no convicted person will be allowed to contest elections even if an appeal against the conviction was pending in a higher court.
3/15/1919Osmania University was established at Hyderabad.
12/11/1968Indian born Har Govind Khorana receives the Nobel Price for medicine and physiology.
10/1/1997Gerhard Fischer, social worker, nominated for Gandhi peace prize. The 76-year-old German "Ambassador of Humanity'' was unanimously chosen for his contribution for social, economic and political transformation through non-violence
7/12/1980Congress (I) gets absolute majority in Rajya Sabha.
7/19/1994The Tamil Nadu Bill for continuance of the 69\% reservation policy in the state receives the President's assent.
6/2/2000Justice A. M. Ahmadi, former Chief Justice of India, appointed Chairman of the Advisory Committee of the Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award.
8/7/1888Navalram (Navalram Laxmiram Pandya), literature critic and versatile Gujarati author, died.
4/25/2000The Supreme Court clears the decks for continuing the trial against AIADMK leader Jayalalitha in the controversial ''TANSI land deal case'' by ''erasing'' the Madras High Court judgment discharging her from the case.
1/4/1994Rahul Dev Burman, famous music director better known as 'Pancham Da', died at the age of 56.