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Historical Event on 11/1/1956

Indian Government re-organizes the states according to linguistic principles and inaugurates second Five-Year Plan. The states declared were Madhya Pradesh, Punjab by merging Patiala & PEPSU, Mumbai was divided in Gujarat, Maharashtra and Karnataka. Union Territories namely Delhi, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Lakshdeep Minikai and Amin Divi were approved.

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10/9/1946Jinnah's 9-point demands conveyed to Congress.
3/16/1946Alladiya Khan, famous singer of Kolhapur Darbar, passed away.
11/5/1956University Grants Commission Act sets up UGC.
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8/20/1995Indira Mahila Vikas Yojana launched.
8/6/1998The Maharashtra Government rejects the Srikrishna Commission findings on the 1992-93 communal riots and the serial blasts in Mumbai, but agrees to act on the panel's suggestions to refurbish the police force.
6/1/1993Speaker disqualifies four Ajit group MPs.
11/9/1997Poonam Chibber, Miss Canada, crowned seventh Miss India Worldwide.
7/21/1936Vasantrao Vishnu Limye, senior journalist and President of 'Ratnagiri District Parishad', was born.
9/30/1999A B Vajpayee, Prime Minister, calls upon the people at an election campaign in Lucknow to give him a five-year term.