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Historical Event on 2/11/1989

Pandit Narendra Sharma passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/9/1998Playback singer Talat Mehmood, 75, passed away in Mumbai.
5/22/1940Erapalli Anantrao Srinivasarao Prasanna, cricketer (one of India's big four spinners, Right-arm Off-break Bowler), was born at Bangalore. He is also the receipent of Arjun Award (1968) and Padmashree (1970).
5/15/1873The proposal to dissolve East India Company was passed in England.
2/8/1999Gen. K. Sundarji (69), former Chief of Army Staff, died in New Delhi.
6/30/1914Mahatma Gandhi's first arrest during campaigning for Indian rights in S Africa.
10/16/1978Test debut of Kapil Dev, India vs Pakistan, at Faisalabad.
12/20/1999The Government rejects underworld don Dawood Ibrahim's conditional offer to surrender.
10/6/1949Jawaharlal Nehru laid the foundation stone of National Defence Academy in Kharakvasla near Pune.
2/19/1986Computerised railway ticket reservation system was introduced in New Delhi Railway station.
3/16/1939Subroto Mukherjee became the first Indian Officer to command a squadron when he took over No.1.