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Historical Event on 11/10/1994
Dr. K. V. Putappa ""Kuvempu"", first Gyanpeet Awardee for literature and Kannad author, died at the age of 90 ye
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/17/1883 | Vasudeo Balvant Phadke, great revolutionary, freedom fighter and social reformer, passed away in prison at Aden. |
| 12/20/1946 | Gandhiji completes his month-long sojourn at Srirampur. |
| 5/2/1953 | 40 persons were reported losing their lives today in the first crash of a jet airliner in commercial service. The jetliner, a British-built Comet, plunged to earth in a violent storm just a few minutes after taking off from Calcutta. It was carrying a party of rubber and tin operators from Malaya to England. There were no survivors. Two Comets have crashed before, one last October and one in March, but neither was carrying passengers. |
| 8/2/1891 | Padmashree V. P. Karmarkar (Nanasaheb), famous sculptor, was born. |
| 5/13/1916 | Vasudev Mahadev Salgaonkar, great Industrialist, was born. |
| 5/8/1906 | Prannath Thapar, former General of India, was born. |
| 12/13/2000 | Vikram Sood is appointed new RAW Chief. |
| 12/19/1927 | Uttar Pradesh was formed by an Automobile Association. |
| 3/16/1924 | Bhupendranath Basu, great freedom fighter, President of Congress and fluent orator, passed away. |
| 11/9/1962 | Dhondo Keshav Karve, social reformer and educationist Bharat Ratna awardee, died. |
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