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Historical Event on 2/11/1959

Vinoo Mankad plays his final Test Cricket (vs West Indies at Delhi).

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/1/1910Rajnath Pandey, great writer and educationist, was born in Pindra, Varanasi (U.P.).
12/21/1990Former Union Finance Secretary S. Venkatramanan appointed Governor of RBI. B. Rachaiah and Dr. Sarup Singh sworn in as Governors of Kerala and Gujarat respectively.
8/30/1989Anti-government riots leave at least 11 dead.
10/12/1995Inderjit Gupta re-elected General Secretary of CPI.
1/28/1846British forcibly separate Kashmir from the Sikhs and sell it to the Maharaja of Jammu for 1,000,000 pounds after the Battle of Allwal.
5/18/1901Nibaran Chandra Chakrabarti, great poet and Hindi writer, was born in Brahmangaon, (Dacca).
10/16/1906Shankar Damodar Chitale, famous author and teacher, was born in Secundarabad.
5/14/1954President issues an order extending application of Indian Constitution to Kashmir with the concurrence of the State government.
10/16/1976Jalgaon Radio Station started broadcasting.
10/14/1997Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip visit Amritsar and spend time at the Jallianwala Bagh and Golden Temple complex.