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Historical Event on 11/8/1966
Rameshwari Nehru, freedom fighter and social worker, died at 80 years in New Delhi. She founded ""Stree-Darpan"" Magazine in 1909 and was president of ""Indian Women Association"". She had received Lenin Peace Prize in 1961 for her humanitarian services for upliftment of the down

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3/1/1939	Satish Kumar Sareen was born in Rawalpindi (now in Pakistan). He became the Air Chief Marshal.
5/24/1990	Surjit Singh Barnala sworn in as Governor of Tamil Nadu.
12/6/1907	Revolutionaries looted Chingaripota station.
5/25/1965	Independent India had further clashes with Pakistan in 1965 and 1971, one over the intractable Kashmir dispute and the other over Bangladesh. A border war was also fought with China in 1962 in the North-Eastern region, which resulted in the loss of Aksai Chin in Ladakh and smaller areas in the North-east. India continues to dispute sovereignty over these areas.
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1/5/1985	Rajiv Gandhi promises to solve the Punjab problem without yielding to 'separatist ideologies.
5/11/1970	A bill for setting up of ""North Eastern Council"" passed.

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