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Historical Event on 11/8/1893

Dwaram Venkataswamy Naidu, great musician and professor, was born in Bangalore.

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3/1/196325 Sqn, AF was formed with 04XAN-12 aircraft acquired from the erstwhile USSR. This was to supply lines to the Army in the Northern Sector encompassing J&K and Ladakh regions.
6/16/1950 Mithun Chakravorty, famous Hindi film actor, was born.
3/30/1997Congress Party withdraws support to the 10-month old H. D. Deve Gowda Government at the centre, and stakes its claim to form an alternative government.
2/10/1986Pope John Paul II ends visit to India.
11/14/1995National Human Rights Commission's conference on 'Human Rights in Prisons' begins in New Delhi.
5/1/2000Bidyut Ganguly (64), veteran CPI(M) leader and West Bengal Commerce and Industry Minister, died of severe burns in Calcutta.
10/16/2000Rest of India wins the Irani Trophy cricket tournament. Murali Karthik scalps nine for 70, the best figures by a bowler in 38 Irani cup matches.
10/24/1945UNO Day.
12/27/1898Shamrao Desmukh, former Central Minister and Agriculture expert , was born.
1/30/1988Sheshrao Wankhede, barrister, passed away.