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Historical Event on 3/11/1997
Chennai police seize a large quantity of powerful explosives and arrest two Muslim fundamentalists.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/16/1877 | Ardaseer Cursetjee Wadia, professor, pioneer and innovator, died. He was the first Indian who was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society, London. He introduced lighting by gas and was the first to build ""INDUS"", a steam-ship in India in 1833. He also introduced sewing machine, photography and electro-plat |
| 10/31/1962 | Krishna Menon, Home Minister, resign due to attack by China. |
| 1/1/1986 | This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Peace Year"". |
| 8/15/1965 | Television starts in New Delhi. |
| 9/25/1947 | Kashmir accedes to Indian Union. |
| 1/21/1963 | Acharaya Shivpujan Sahai, famous Hindi writer, poet and novelist, died. He was editor of Hindi journals like ""Marwari Sudhar"", ""Samanwaya"", ""Adarsh"" etc. He wrote 400 short stories and 67 biographies. His novel ""Dehati Dunia"" is acclaimed as first regional novel in Hindi. |
| 3/7/1994 | India and Iran sign three MoU in Tehran. |
| 7/4/1991 | Fourth test of missile 'Prithvi'. |
| 6/19/1995 | In an unprecedented move, UP Speaker Dhani Ram Verma adjourns the two-day special session called to prove Mayavati Government's majority in the House. Later, the House gathers, rejects the sine die adjournment and unanimously elects B.R. Verma (BSP) as new presiding officer to conduct the business of the House. |
| 11/9/1990 | Vishwanath Pratap Singh resigned from the post of Prime Minister of India after losing the Vote of Confidence moved against him. |
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