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Historical Event on 2/11/1996
Nepal PM Sher Bahadur Deuba arrives in India for a week-long visit.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/12/1952 | J&K Assembly decided to terminate hereditary monarchy. |
| 5/18/1872 | Bertrand Russell, great philosopher, mathematician, author and Chairmain of the Indian League, was born. |
| 10/19/1929 | Balbir Singh, India field hockey player (Olympic gold 1948-56), was born. |
| 4/3/1914 | Sam Hormuj Framji Jamshedji Manekshaw, India's first Field Marshal, was born. He was better known as ""Sam Manekshaw"". |
| 5/28/1966 | B. S. Chawla was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 21-02-1973. |
| 2/24/1961 | Government of Madras province was renamed as Tamil Nadu. |
| 8/11/1908 | Khudiram Bose was hanged on this day in Central Jail at Mujaffarpur, Bihar at the age of 19 years. He along with Prafulla Chaki had planned to bomb the carriage supposed to be carrying Kingsford, unfortunately he was betrayed and was caught and finally was sentenced to death and hanged. This day is observed as ""Martyr's Day"" in memory of the great freedom fighter. Even today the soul stirring songs composed in his honour are sung by Bengali folk-singers. |
| 1/26/1981 | Sandeep Patil scores memorable 174 vs Australia at Adelaide Oval. |
| 12/1/1993 | Nirubhai Desai, freedom fighter, veteran journalist and socialist, passed away. |
| 7/11/1979 | The Lok Sabha commenced a four-day debate on the no-confidence motion against the 21-month-old Janata Government. |
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