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Historical Event on 2/11/1959
Vinoo Mankad plays his final Test Cricket (vs West Indies at Delhi).
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/21/1975 | The 26-mile feeder canal from Farakka to the Bhagirathi river dedicated to the nation. |
| 10/9/1949 | The Territorial Army of India inaugurated by the Governor General. |
| 12/28/1926 | Shirish Kumar, freedom figher, was born. |
| 11/1/1996 | Michael Jackson show at Andheri sports complex in Mumbai. |
| 12/3/1948 | Surendra Pratap Singh, famous journalist and chief editor of Navbharat Times, was born. |
| 3/15/1997 | Lok Sabha passes Income Tax (Amendment) Bill, 1997. |
| 4/20/1971 | India won Cricket Test Rubber' for the first time after defeating West Indies Cricket Team. |
| 11/1/1956 | Indian Government re-organizes the states according to linguistic principles and inaugurates second Five-Year Plan. The states declared were Madhya Pradesh, Punjab by merging Patiala & PEPSU, Mumbai was divided in Gujarat, Maharashtra and Karnataka. Union Territories namely Delhi, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Lakshdeep Minikai and Amin Divi were approved. |
| 12/20/1866 | Panchkadi Banerjee, famous journalist and editor, was born. |
| 2/5/1931 | Krishna Film Co., Bombay produced a 7,659 feet long 'Krishnatone Talkie Programme No. 1, which was released quite before the release of 'Alam Ara,' first talkie film of India. The Krishnatone Programme was censored at C.C. No. 9906 on February 5 and the programme contained the following: (1) Arabic Song (2) Indian Orchestra No.1 (3) Indian Orchestra No.2 (4) Indian Orchestra No.3 (5) Jal Tarang Solo (6) Hindi Song No. 1 (7) Hindi Song No.2 (8) Hindi Song No. 3 (9) Bengali Song (10) Garba No. 1 (11) Garba No. 2 (12) Gujarati Comic Song (13) Hindi Chorus Song No. 1 (14) Hindi Chorus Song No. 2 (15) Dilruba Solo (16) Violin Solo (17) Goanese Song. |
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