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Historical Event on 6/11/1907
Shantilal Jivanlal Gandhi, famous Hindi writer, was born in Mehmadabad, Gujarat .
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/10/1920 | Calyampudi Radhakrishna Rao was born at Hadagali in Karnataka. In 1945 he put forward the ""theory of estimation"" in statistics. His formulae and therorems, for instance the ""Cramer-Rao inequality"", ""The Fisher-Rao theorem"" and ""Rao-Black Wellistaion"" are now part of any standard textbook of statistics. For his significant contributions, Rao received the S. S. Bhatnagar Award, the Meghnad Saha Medal and the Guy medal. |
| 8/3/1994 | The first successful heart transplant operation was performed at the All India Institute of Medical Science, New Delhi, by a team of doctors led by Prof. P. Venugopal (25-2-96). |
| 9/18/1996 | Suresh Mehta ministry wins the confidence vote in Gujarat . |
| 2/15/1920 | Kanti Mehta, trade unionist, was born at Calcutta. |
| 7/31/1992 | Sitar maestro Pt. Ravishankar wins the Magsaysay Award. |
| 1/15/1988 | Narendra Hirwani makes a world record by capturing 16 West Indies wickets on Test debut at Chidambaram Stadium in Madras. |
| 7/9/1993 | Passport fees raised from Rs. 60 to Rs.300. |
| 11/7/1998 | Jiwan Singh Umrangal (84), Akali leader and former Punjabi Minister, dies in hospital in Beas. |
| 11/30/1915 | Venkat Apparao Gurjad, famous Telgu poet, died. |
| 2/17/1968 | Dr. Kailas Nath Katju, freedom fighter, politician, leader, Governor of Orissa and West Bengal, passed away. |
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