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Historical Event on 11/8/1965

Bashiruddin Ahmad, religious leader and litterateur, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/28/1988The first Cultural Exchange Programme was signed between India and China.
8/21/1997Krishan Kant assumes office as tenth Vice President of India.
7/25/2000P.T. Usha,Star Indian athlete, announces retirement from International athletics at a press conference in New Delhi.
4/2/1997Sumita Sinha of Dhanbad, (18 years college girl) became a world record holder when a 3,200 kg Ambassador car passed over her.
10/3/1997Financial and operational autonomy to be given to 97 profit-making public sector enterprises ('mini-ratnas') other than the navaratnas.
2/2/1978Mahakavi G. Sankara Kurup, Malayalam poet, the first receipent of ""Gyanpeeth Puraskar (Award)"", and many other awards, passed away.
1/28/1846British forcibly separate Kashmir from the Sikhs and sell it to the Maharaja of Jammu for 1,000,000 pounds after the Battle of Allwal.
12/15/1908Swami Ranga Natahananda, was born at Trikkur, Kerala.
7/21/1907Gulam Mohamad Bakshi, former Prime Minister Jammu and Kashmir, was born.
3/9/1897Fans start calling the team 'Indians' (in 1915 it became official).