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Historical Event on 11/11/1996

A.P. cyclone toll may cross 2,500.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/3/1984Body of assassinated Indian PM Indira Gandhi cremated.
5/14/1976Pakistan and India agree to resume diplomatic ties.
2/20/1982The Kangla Tongbi war memorial built for 221 members of Advance Base Depot, who laid down their lives to repulse several waves of Japanese attacks, was finally shifted to College of Materials Management Jabalpur. The original memorial was erected on 15 Apr 1946 from local stone and the main epitaph displayed above is of black Naga stone.
3/16/1986Internationally wanted criminal Charles Sobharaj and 6 other prisoners escape from Tihar Jail.
10/20/1947First battle between India and Pakistan.
3/10/1998A. B. Vajpayee agrees to form a government with 252 members including the BJP and it's allies.
2/15/1992Sain Swami Gangeshwaranandji, chief of `Udasin Sampraday', passed away.
3/26/1990Maniben Patel, daughter of Sardar Vallabhai Patel, passed away.
5/16/1975Sikkim High Court was established at Gangtok for Sikkim territory.
6/27/1838Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay (Chatterjee), famous novelist, ""the father of modern Indian fiction"" and writer of national song 'Vande Mataram', was borm at Katalpara near Naihati, West Bengal. Some of his writings are 'Anandmath' and 'Kapal Kundala'. He was among the first two Bengalee Graduates.