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Historical Event on 6/11/1931
Purushottam Vishnu Behre, great editor, story and novel writer, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/22/1962 | Bakhra-Nangal Dam, a multipurpose river valley project, was dedicated to the nation by Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. |
| 1/2/1943 | Vir Bhai Kotwal sacrificed his life. |
| 3/5/1992 | Sunder, comedy actor, passed away. |
| 10/24/1954 | Rafi Ahmad Kidwai, Congress leader, died. |
| 7/21/1962 | Passenger Train and Freight Train collided near Dumraon killing 69 persons. |
| 12/6/1971 | US bars aid to India for aggression against Pakistan. |
| 2/1/1942 | 17 Indian Division's were withdrawn over vast stretches and the British evacuation in Burma was the longest in British military history. The Division was to subsequently extract terrible retribution from the Japanese Army during World War II and to destabilise the Indian Economy with forged notes of 5, 10 and 100 Rupees. |
| 2/14/1996 | Supreme Court orders CBI probe into a housing scam in which 8,700 govt. houses were allotted out-of-turn. |
| 7/18/1993 | Jayalalitha goes on fast on Cauvery issue. |
| 5/28/1883 | Vinayak Damodar Savarkar ""Veer Savarkar"", great freedom fighter, social reformer, politician and writer, was born at Bhagur village near Nasik. |
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