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Historical Event on 11/11/1996

A.P. cyclone toll may cross 2,500.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/26/1999Six selected for Shanti Swaroop award for Science.
11/6/1910Satakopan Chandilyan Bhashyam, journalist, was born at Tirukkoilur, Madras.
7/1/1991Rupee devalued by 8.5\%.
5/11/1987President's rule imposed in Punjab.
10/17/1859Keshavlal Harshrai Dhruv, researcher and translator, was born.
8/7/1934Gandhi begins a fast for penance following the violent treatment of a Hindu leader by some of his followers.
5/1/1997Anand wins all three categories in Amber chess tournament in Monte Carlo.
1/9/1922Har Gobind Khurana, scientist of Biology, was born in India. He did his M.Sc from University of Punjab and, for higher education went to University of Liverpool. In 1959, he produced a chemical called ""Coenzymea"", which is essential for certain processes in the human body. He was awarded Nobel Prize for medicine in 1968 along with Marshall W. Nirenberg and Robert W. Halley.
7/5/1984Indian Airlines airbus hijacked, lands in Lahore.
2/24/1961Government of Madras province was renamed as Tamil Nadu.