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Historical Event on 11/11/1980
The Hindustan Times says the 'British have reverted to what they basically are & a small, little people with small, little minds inhabiting a small, little island in the Atlantic.'
Other Historical Dates and Events |
7/24/1999 | Vimala Ranadive (84), senior CPI(M) leader, died in Mumbai. |
8/21/1987 | Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma elected the Vice President of India (1987 - 1992). |
10/29/2000 | Jitendra Prasada, senior Congress leader, files nomination papers for the party presidential polls setting the stage for a contest against the incumbent, Ms. Sonia Gandhi. |
4/5/1922 | Pandita Ramabai, social worker and philosophist, passed away. |
3/21/1791 | Tipu Sultan capitulated to Lord Cornwallis. |
1/17/1989 | Colonel J. K. Bajaj was the first Indian to reach the geographic South Pole. |
4/1/1947 | Gandhiji addresses Asian Relations Conference in Delhi. |
1/17/1917 | Dr. Maruthur Gopala Ramachandran, (M.G.R.), Indian film star, politician and charismatic Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, was born at Kandy, Sri Lanka. He was also the founder of All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhaga (AIADMK). |
1/10/1975 | India accords recognition to the Palestine Liberation Organization. |
8/1/1879 | Achyut Balwant Kolhatkar, famous litterateur and journalist, was born. |
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