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Historical Event on 11/10/1960

B. N. Jha was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 08-03-1961

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/31/1926Probir ""Khokhan"" Sen, cricket wicket-keeper (India in late 40's/early 50's), was born.
3/22/1907Perturbed by a new law restricting Asiatic immigrants, Mohandas Gandhi, a young Indian attorney now living in South Africa, organized a campaign of civil disobedience to resist the statute popular bill passed by the new Boer government of the Transvaal Colony. The Asiatic Registration Bill was considered by Gandhi unjust and discriminatory to the large Chinese and Indian populations. However, the government expressed the belief that the ordinance was popular. ""Over 90 percent of the white people thoroughly approve of it,"" said Sir Gilbert Parker, a Conservative member of Parliament.
9/6/1995Salil Chaudhary, famous music director in Hindi film industry, passed away.
4/28/1996EC orders re-polling in 69 booths in four states.
5/23/1975P. S. Bapat, victoria cross winner Lieutenant General, passed away.
5/9/1992Madhu Sapre, Miss India, is crowned the second runner-up at the Miss Universe beauty pageant.
11/1/1996Three national parties (Indira Congress, Janata Party and Samata Party) to lose their recognition as national parties as they failed to get the minimum required support in the general election to the 11th Lok Sabha.
2/25/1869Anand Shankar Bapubhai Dhruv, Sanskrit Pandit and editor of monthly magzine 'Vasant' , was born.
8/28/1997Tiwari and Surinderjit Kaur set national records in hammer throw in Federation Cup Athletics.
12/11/1986The United Nations Children's fund (UNICEF) completes 40 years of work on behalf of children (11-12-86).