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Historical Event on 1/11/1960

Pakistan and India agree on disputed boundary between Punjab and W. at Pakistan.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/12/1895Dr. Yellapragada Subbarow, saintly scientist and nobel prize winner, was born at Bhimavaram, Andhra Pradesh.
2/16/1923Vishnu Moreshwar Mahajani, famous author, poet and playwright, passed away.
1/14/1761The third and last battle of Panipat, fought between the Marathas and the Afghan invader Ahmad Shah Abadli, started. The Marathas lost 28,000 soldiers and were virtually routed in North India thus ending the Maratha hegemony.
3/17/1943Indian troops retreat from Rathedaung to Buthidaung in the face of a renewed Japanese offensive on the Arakan front in Burma.
2/21/1959Press Club of India was founded in New Delhi.
6/10/1890Sunday introduced as a weekly holiday.
2/2/1915Khushvant Singh, famous journalist, was born.
6/16/1990Bombay gets 42 cm rainfall, the century's highest. The previous high of 41 cm was recorded on 18, 1986.
4/30/1991BJP election manifesto promises Presidential form of government.
8/8/1911Following the end of a heavy monsoon, parts of India were hit by a cholera epidemic.