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Historical Event on 11/1/1973

Lakshdeep Minikai and Amin Divi were renamed as Lakshadweep, and Masker (Mysore) state renamed as Karnataka.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/23/1997Statue of Subhash Bose unveiled inside Parliament House.
5/22/1961Jnanpeeth Award was instituted and the first award was given in 1965. This award is given for the best creative literary writing by any Indian citizen in any of the languages included in the VIII Schedule of the Indian Constitution. The award carries a cash price of Rs 2.5 lakh, a citation and a bronze momento.
10/26/1961Heavy fighting flared up between India and Communist China in their three-year-old dispute over border lines in the Himalayas. Each side accused the other of initiating the fighting that began along the Tibetan border early in October.
4/3/1994B. Rachaiah,Kerala Governor, takes charge of Goa.
1/11/1958Two lakh Indians in East Pakistan were rounded up and lodged in concentration camps.
4/6/1930Mahatma Gandhi picked up a lump of natural salt for breaking the 'Salt Law'. He was arrested at Dandi. This movement gathered strength and within a month about one lakh people were sent to jail. This violation of Salt Law was the second great step in India's Freedom Movement.
2/24/1674Prataprao Gujar, a great Maratha warrior at the time of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, died.
3/26/1980Bombay gets its first rock concert in 10 years (The Police).
5/18/1998India talks with the US on the nuclear tests.
5/12/1992Security scandal, RBI extends probe to four foreign banks.