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Historical Event on 2/11/1979

Shankarrao Narayanrao Mohite Patil `Sahakari Maharshi' passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/9/199314 bus passengers burnt to death in Andhra .
9/19/1950U. N. Assembly rejects Indian-Soviet proposal to admit Communist China in New York.
4/16/1992The PM gives a new slogan to the nation, 'Desh banao, desh bachao'.
3/8/1998Indian Airlines operates two international flights with all women crew.
3/3/1948B. S. Munje, founder of Bhosla Military School, passed away.
7/26/1844Gooroodas Banerjee was born in Calcutta. He was a Judge of Calcutta High Court.
2/11/1818Britishers captured the 'Ajinkyatara' fort which belonged to the Marathas.
5/20/1932Bipinchandra Ramchandra Pal, powerful journalist and revolutionary freedom fighter, passed away. He was amongst the trio which was known as ""Lal - Bal - Pal"" during the freedom struggle. He started a newspaper called ""Swaraj"" for the Indians in England. He also edited several other newspapers like ""Tribune"", ""New India"", ""Vande Mataram"", ""Swaraj"", ""Hindu Review"", ""Democrat"", ""Independent Bengali"", etc.
11/7/1990Lawrence Durrell, great Indian English and author (Mount Olive), passed away at the age of 78.
7/2/1950Yusuf Meharali, socialist leader, died.