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Historical Event on 11/2/1897

Sohrab Meharwanji Modi, theatre and film producer, director and actor, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/22/1937Gandhiji presided over the educational conference at Wardha and outlined his scheme of education through basic crafts.
10/22/1937Vasco De Gama departed with his fleet from Lisbon Harbour for a trip to India .
8/18/1700Bajirao I, the second peshwa, was born.
10/6/1999The DMK front is set to win a majority of LS seats in Tamil Nadu.
1/21/1997First group of bank documents relating to Bofors case handed over to Indian Government.
7/1/1999K. N. Singh (70), former Union Minister and senior Congress leader, died in Lucknow.
8/21/1988500 killed near the Nepal border in an earthquake measuring 6.7 on the Richter scale.
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7/25/2000Two Indians Aruna Roy from Rajasthan and Jockin Arputham, founder of the Indian National Slum Dwellers' Association, chosen for the Ramon Magsaysay award for public service.
10/5/1999India decides not to attend the special meet on CTBT.