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Historical Event on 11/6/1996

India wins Titan's cup beating South Africa in Mumbai.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/14/196985 persons were killed when a freight train collided with a passanger train near Jaipur.
6/2/1975India's First Spunge Iron project inaugurated at Vijaywada.
10/6/1985P.T. Usha sets record for 400m (Women) in 51.61 seconds at Canberra .
9/23/1906Kumar (Mijjan) alias Syed Hasan Ali, film actor, was born in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. He has worked in 'Shadows of the Dead', 'Dukhiari', 'Gambler', 'Patan ni Paniari', 'Thoure of Delhi'.
12/7/1995Indian National Satellite (INSAT-2C), third indigenous satellite in the INSAT-2 series, launched. This has additional capabilities such as mobile satellite service, business communication and television outreach beyond Indian boundaries. This is still in service. It was launched by Ariane launch vehicle at French Guyana.
4/17/1926Chandrashekhar, eighth Prime Minister of India, was born.
8/12/1979Heavy rains resulted in bursting of a dam thus causing floods in Moorvi and Lilapur in Gujarat, killing over 1,335 people.
2/26/1874Sursingh Takhtsingh Gohil `Kalapi', famous Gujrati poet, was born.
8/1/1993Jananayak Debeswar Sarmah, great freedom fighter, architect and nationalist, died at Jorhat, Assam.
11/15/1993Supreme Court rules that the CEC is supreme