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Historical Event on 8/11/1961

Dadra and Nagar Haweli declared as Union Territory States.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/8/1993CBI extensively raided VHP offices; BJP MP Brijbhushan Saren Singh among five arrested.
1/29/1939Ramkrishna Mission Sanskritik Sansthan (Institute of Culture) was established.
8/29/1905Major Dhyanchand was born in a Rajput family at Prayag at Uttar Pradesh. He is remembered as a Master of Hockey. India celebrates this day as National Sports Day.
2/25/1909Gandhiji arrested at Volksrust; sentenced to 3 months.
3/29/1996SC asks All India Indira Congress to modify its name as All Indira Congress (Tiwari).
6/18/1918A. R. Rajrajvarma, famous poet of Malayalam language, critic and master of grammer, passed away.
4/16/1997Anupama Gokhale wins National women's `A' chess in Calcutta.
9/9/1941Syed Abid Ali, great Indian medium pace-bowler and all-rounder, was born at Hyderabad.
7/23/2000Ram Jethmalani, Union Law Minister, quits the Cabinet after the Prime Minister shows him the door following the outbursts against the Chief Justice of India, Dr. A. S. Anand.
4/4/1991Gujarat CM Chimanbhai Patel JD (Gujarat)-to contest the elections with poll understanding with Congress (I).