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Historical Event on 1/11/1973
Rahul Dravid, cricket batsman, was born in Indore.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/30/1981 | Pakistan Commando soldiers release 66 hostages in Lahore from five Khalistan hijackers and activists of the Dal Khalsa International. |
| 7/17/1937 | Delhi-Calcutta Express Train derailed near Patna killing 95. |
| 3/21/1966 | Indian Remote Sensing Satellite (IRS-P3) placed into polar orbit. This carries remote sensing payload and an X-ray astronomy payload. Launched by third developmental flight of India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-D3) which is for launching 1,000-1,200 kg class of remote sensing satellites into polar sun-synchronous orbit. Still in service. |
| 6/16/1997 | P. Sukumaran (50), Malayalam film actor, died in Kochi. |
| 6/16/1997 | Portuguese Catholics conquer Goa under Albuquerque, the then Governor, to serve as capital of their Asian maritime empire beginning conquest and exploitation of India by Europeans. |
| 2/6/1949 | India to nationalize the estate of Nizam, the world's richest man, from Hyderabad. |
| 1/24/1951 | Nehru assails US. demand for UN to name Peking as aggressor in Korea, New Delhi. |
| 1/29/1999 | Alok Kumar of Punjab defeated Devendra Joshi of Maharashtra at the IIT complex at New Delhi. |
| 3/4/1858 | J. P. Walker, British Officer, along with 200 prisoners who were mainly from the Indian Sepoy Mutiny, sailed from Calcutta to start a new settlement in the Andaman Islands. |
| 10/21/1762 | Herman W Daendels, Brig-General and Governor General of Dutch-Indies (1807-11), was born. |
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