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Historical Event on 11/6/2000
Buddhadev Bhattacharya assumes office as West Bengal Chief Minister.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/14/2000 | Jharkhand, the 28th State of the Indian Union, comes into being and the new Governor, Prabhat Kumar, and the Chief Minister, Babulal Marandi, take office. |
| 7/10/1991 | Shivraj Patil of Congress elected Speaker of 10th Lok Sabha. |
| 6/21/1940 | Keshavrao Baliram Hedgewar, politician and founder of Rashtriya Swayansewak Sangh (RSS), passed away. |
| 2/25/1963 | Nehru refuses to recognize China-Pakistan border pact in New Delhi. |
| 8/30/1979 | Earl Louis Mountbatten of Burma, a World War II hero, last British Viceroy in India and the first Governor General of independent India, was killed when Irish terrorists exploded his family fishing boat off the coast of Ireland. The Provisional wing of the Irish Republican Army immediately took credit for the killing, which it described as 'an execution' designed to further 'the noble struggle to drive the British intruders out of our native land'. |
| 1/4/1924 | Vidyadhar Gokhle, editor, playwright and politician, was born. |
| 9/21/1990 | Supreme Court refuses to stay implementation of Mandal Commission Report. |
| 8/1/1920 | Gandhiji addresses letter to Viceroy surrendering ""Kaisar-E-Hind"" Medal, ""Zulu War"" Medal and ""Boer War"" Medal and launched the All India Non-Violent Non-Coperation Movement. |
| 4/5/1984 | Rakesh Sharma,Squadron leader, becomes India's first spaceman when he is launched aboard Soyuz T-11 of Soviet Union. |
| 5/19/1951 | Sukhdev Bihari Mishra of Mishra Brothers, first historian of Hindi litterateur, passed away. |
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