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Historical Event on 10/11/1902

Loknayak Jayprakash Harsudayal Narayan, veteran socialist leader, was born at Sitabdiara village (border of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar) in Bihar. He was awarded Bharat Ratna on Dec. 23, 1998 and played a key role in formation of Janta Party which defeated Indian National Congress for the first time.

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10/15/1932First Indian commercial airliner service 'Tata Sons Ltd' started. (Tata Airlines)
10/18/1993Mandakini Athvale, first child actor of Indian film industry, died.
3/26/1969Romesh Chandra, secretary general of the World Peace Council, receives the Lenin prize
9/12/1898Baldev Prasad Mishra, Hindi litterateur, was born.
1/10/1920India became member of League of Nations.
5/13/1918Balasarswati, famous dancer of Bharat Natyam, was born.
6/1/1959National Aeronautical Research Laboratory (NARL) set up under CSIR with temporary offices in New Delhi. Dr. P. Nilakantan is appointed NARL's first Director.
5/15/1995PM Rao reaches New York for a week-long visit.
12/21/2000Central Zone and South Zone are declared joint winners after the game ends in a tie in the final of the Deodhar Trophy one day cricket tournament in Lucknow.
1/5/1994Jnanpith Award for Oriya Poet Sitakant Mahapatra.