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Historical Event on 10/11/1996

Supreme Court ruling on change of venue of Rao's trial.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/15/1983Karnataka beat Bombay in 1st innings to win cricket Ranji Trophy.
1/19/1697Maharana Pratap, the founder of Mewad and eminent personality, passed away.
3/1/1998Bharat Ratna is awarded to Dr. A.J.P. Abdul Kalam, Scientific Adviser to the Defence Minister, and Smt. M. S. Subbulakshmi, Carnatic musician. The award is also conferred posthumously on film director Satyajit Ray, freedom fighter Aruna Asaf Ali and former Prime Minister Gulzari Lal Nanda.
9/5/1967Central Hindi Committee constituted under the chairmanship of the Prime Minister.
1/10/1922Museum of Prince of Wales, situated at Mumbai, opened for public.
10/27/1989The XIV-World Congress of Neurology was held in New Delhi under the auspices of the World Federation of Neurology and Neurology Society of India. (21-10-89).
6/17/1862Lord Charles Jhon Canning, Governor General and Viceroy of India (1856-1862), died.
8/18/1945Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose left Saigon and is believed to have died in a Japanese aeroplane crash at Taihoku Airport in Taiwan.
10/18/2000Supreme Court gives the nod for construction of the Sardar Sarovar Dam on the Narmada river.
10/18/2000Sher Shah Sur died. He was fatally wounded in an explosion on Kalanjara fort while preparing for an attack. He introduced the new silver rupee-coin ""Rupiya"" based on ratio of 40 copper coin pieces (paisa) per rupee and built several roads including the longest road of India known as Grand Trunk Road (now Natioinal Highway-2).