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Today In Indian History - Historical Events of India
| Date | Event Name |
| 7/11/1630 |
Rezabeebeth Sookeas Begum passed away. |
| 7/11/1832 |
British Parliament finally rejected to remove the appeal of Hindus puritans against Sutee abolition, as demanded by tradional orthodox Indians. |
| 7/11/1882 |
Baba Kanshi Ram, great freedom fighter and social reformer, was born at Dada Siba village, Tehsil Dehra District, Kangra. |
| 7/11/1897 |
Sibnath Banerjee, great social worker, freedom fighter and leader, was born in village Brahman Rangdia, Khulna district. |
| 7/11/1924 |
Moslem-Hindu rebellion in Delhi. |
| 7/11/1953 |
Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu was born in Mumbai (Mahatrahtra). |
| 7/11/1957 |
Aga Sultan Sir Muhammad (1877-1957), Aga Khan III, spritual leader of Ismaeli Muhammedans, passed away. He worked for Britian in the WW I & II. Aga Khan was extremly rich, he once had himself weighed against a sack of diamonds belonging to him. He was also one among those who formed the Muslim League. |
| 7/11/1964 |
M C Chagla, Union Minister of Education, turns the first sod for the foundation of the 4 ft tunnel. |
| 7/11/1973 |
India frees 438 Pakistani prisoners on medical grounds. |
| 7/11/1979 |
The Lok Sabha commenced a four-day debate on the no-confidence motion against the 21-month-old Janata Government. |
| 7/11/1980 |
Ebbie Kodiat, Soccer(Football) player, was born in Kuwait. |
| 7/11/1994 |
Delhi IG (prisons) Kiran Bedi wins Magsaysay Award for public service. |
| 7/11/1997 |
Ten persons were killed as police opened fire on Dalit mob which attacked vehicles in protest against desecration of Ambedkar bust in Ramabai Ambedkar Nagar in north-east Mumbai. |
| 7/11/1998 |
Indians bag a silver and a bronze at the International Physics Olympiad in Reykjavik. |
| 7/11/1998 |
The Government reduces customs duty on edible oils under the Open General Licence from 20 to 10 per cent. |
| 7/11/2000 |
Amrita Pritam, noted litterateur, honoured with the highest award for Punjabi literature for the century:""Shatabdi Samman"". |
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| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/28/1927 | Krishan Kant, vice President of India and former Young Turk, was born at Kot Mohd. Khan, district Amritsar, Punjab. |
| 2/11/1997 | India and Russia agree on a package of trade and economic cooperation measures, following Foreign Minister I K Gujral's discussions in Moscow. |
| 5/10/1996 | Union Cabinet recommends to President the dissolution of the 10th Lok Sabha. |
| 8/18/1872 | Pandit Vishnu Digambar Paluskar Gadgil, who provided new heights to North Indian classical music, was born at Kundanwadi at Kolhapur distrist in Maharashtra. |
| 7/20/1986 | India withdraws from Edinburgh Commonwealth Games. |
| 5/17/1994 | Nar Bahadur Bhandari voted out in Sikkim; Sikkim Sangram Parishad leader Sanchaman Limboo takes over as CM. |
| 7/5/1916 | Archik Venkatesh Gopalkrishna, great poet, journalist and orator, was born at Dharwar, Mysore. |
| 10/18/1980 | The first Himalayan Car Rally of 5,377.9 km was started from Brabourne Stadium, Bombay with 74 starters. |
| 8/15/1997 | The Government bans doctors from determining the sex of the foetus. |
| 10/1/1993 | The IAF joined in peace keeping duties in Somalia as part of the Indian contingent supporting UN operations. |
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