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Historical Event on 1/11/1991

Ravi Naik of Maharashtra Gomanthak party sworn in as the CM of Goa.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/1/1993Premkumar Sharma, MLA of Bhartiya Janata Party, was assassinated.
8/20/1933Mahatma Gandhi is rushed to the hospital on the fourth day of his latest fast.
8/12/1602Abul Fazal, Akbar's minister, was killed on the instructions of Jahangir.
8/7/1905Indian National Congress declared to boycott the British goods for the first time against Bengal partition, and also advocated to buy ' Swadeshi.
2/23/1969Madhubala, famous Hindi film actress, passed away.
2/23/1969Amir Timur of Timur Lang invaded India with 92 squadrons of horses and 90,000 cavalry and reached the banks of Sindhu river near Atak city (now in Pakistan). He then attacked Delhi because its Muslim Sultanate was too tolerant of Hindu idolatry. A Mongolian follower of Sufism, he was one of the most ruthless of all conquerors. Timur crossed the Indus River at Attock (now in Pakistan) on 24 September 1398.
7/20/1982Mira Behn (90), disciple of Mahatma Gandhi, passed away.
2/17/1976Urban Ceilings Act comes into force.
10/1/1978In the Child Marriage Act, minimum age for marriage was raised to 21 year for males and 18 years for females.
7/9/1979Janardhan Gnanoba Navle, cricketer, 2 Tests for India as WK and 1 catch, passed away.