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Historical Event on 2/11/1980
Romesh Chandra Majumdar, great Bengali historian, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/23/1761 | Balaji Bajirao (Nanasaheb), third peshwa, died at Pune, after losing in the Third Battle of Panipat on 12 June. |
| 8/16/1922 | Raunaq Singh, great industrialist and philanthropist, was born at Daska. |
| 8/29/1997 | B.M. Sumavathi creats national record in heptathlon in the Federation Cup athletics. |
| 5/25/1997 | Seven Pakistani infiltrators are killed in an encounter with BSF in Ranbir Singh Pora. |
| 12/10/1969 | Norman Borlaug, the Iowa-born crop expert, whose research on new strains of high-yielding rice and wheat has led to a Green Revolution in developing countries, was awarded the Nobel peace prize today. Working at the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center of Mexico since 1944, Borlaug, 56, has directed a team of agronomists working on the development of new crop plant strains that have allowed Third World farmers to multiply yields dramatically. His organization has trained farm technicians from 29 countries, including India, Pakistan and Turkey, enabling them to move steadily toward the goal of self-sufficiency in food production. |
| 11/19/1996 | Krishnarao Shiva Shelvankar, journalist and diplomat, passed away at 90. |
| 5/6/1967 | Dr. Zakir Hussain elected President. |
| 8/28/1906 | Chintamani Govind (Mama Pendse), great actor, was born. |
| 10/14/1919 | Raghu Karmkar, famous cinephotographer, was born. |
| 6/1/1964 | Nava Paisa, established in 1947, was renamed as 'Paisa'. |
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