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Historical Event on 8/11/1961

Dadra and Nagar Haweli declared as Union Territory States.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/6/1927Vyankatesh Dingambar Madgulkar, great Marathi story writer and novelist, was born.
11/5/1951Western Railways and Central Railways were formed in Bombay; seperate Time Tables were setup.
6/24/1961Indian Manufactured Supersonic fighter HF24 flew took to air for the first time.
9/20/1881Pandit Kashinath Babaji (Chandrakant Bhringa), famous Marathi writer, was born at Munjawad in Nasik.
8/1/2000One hundred people of Kinnaur, Shimla and Mandi districts of HP die following flash floods in the Sutlej river.
6/30/1999The first ever direct bus service between India and Bangladesh gets delayed due to heavy rain.
10/21/1906Gandhiji went to England till Nov 30 on deputation to present Indians' case to Colonial Secretary.
11/24/1988Mizoram became the first Lok Sabha member.
9/30/2000The Government appoints Dr. D.P.S. Seth as CMD of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd.
11/30/1989Congress (I) emerges largest party in Lok Sabha by winning 193 seats, Congress (I) rule in Karnataka and Veerendra Patil made the Chief Minister.