This Day in "History"

[Anup Tiwari]

5-December-1990
With the induction of 60 ministers, the Bihar Cabinet becomes the largest ever cabinet in India with a total of 71 ministers.
5-December-1991
56 JD MLA's belonging to V.P. Singh faction elect a new leader in UP.

5-December-1991
Sarkaria report accepted.

5-December-1991
The government reduces visa fees for tourists intending to visit India.

5-December-1992
Monisha, actress and winner of the 1987 'Urvasi' award for the Malayalam film 'Nakhakshathangal' died at a young age of 21 years.

5-December-1992
V. P. Singh and hundreds arrested in Barabanki on the way to Ayodhya.

5-December-1993
Congress and MJD regains Mizoram.

5-December-1993
Congress forms its seventh ministry in Madhya Pradesh. Digvijay Singh elected CM.

5-December-1994
V.P.Singh, former PM, resigns from the Parliament.

5-December-1998
Jaswant Singh and Pramod Mahajan take over as the new Foreign Minister and Minister for Information and Broadcasting. Having an takes over as Minister for Communications.

5-December-1999
India's Yukta Mookhey is crowned Miss World.

5-December-1999
The Union Home Ministry ask Intelligence Bureau (IB) to conduct an inquiry against IB officials in ISRO spy case.

5-December-2000
Postal staff go on a nationwide indefinite strike which the Government termed as 'illegal'.

 

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Today in 1990: Ernakulam in Kerala, was declared the first totally literate district in India, by the then Indian Prime Minister VP Singh

 

[Anup Tiwari]

Today in Indian History

Events for February 11

11-February-1527
Babur declared battle against Rana Sangram Singh.

11-February-1818
Britishers captured the 'Ajinkyatara' fort which belonged to the Marathas.

11-February-1847
Thomas Alva Edison, great scientist and inventor of electric light lamp, was born at Milan, Ohio.

11-February-1861
Brahma Bandhav Upadhyay was born in Khanyan village of Bengal.

11-February-1906
Daily Tribune' started its printing from Lahore.

11-February-1913
Surendranath Dwivedi, educationist, politician and writer, was born in Khandasahi (Orissa)

11-February-1933
The outcome of the conference was that diarchy in the province was abolished, federal system was established in the center, Sindh was separated from Bombay, communal awards were started by the Prime Minister of Britain Sir Ramsay McDonald and White Paper on Indian reforms was published in 1933.

11-February-1933
First edition of weekly ""Harijan"" edited by Mahatma Gandhi was published from Pune in English and Hi

 

[Anup Tiwari]

11-February-1935
Lalita Narhar Bapat, famous marathi novelist, was born.

11-February-1942
Jamnalal Bajaj, greatest iIndustrialist, social reformer, freedom fighter and Gandhiwadi, passed away.

11-February-1944
Buddhadev Dasgupta, director (Charachar, Grihajuddha), was born.

11-February-1959
Vinoo Mankad plays his final Test Cricket (vs West Indies at Delhi).

11-February-1968
Deendayal Upadhyaya, great philosopher, litterateur, social worker, thinker and founder of Jansangh, passed away.

11-February-1977
B.D.Jathi became the second acting President of India.

11-February-1977
Dr. Fakruddin Ali Ahmad (1905-1977), the 5th President of India, passed away in office.

11-February-1979
Cellular Jail, which is situated at Andaman Nikobar Islands, was declared as a National Memorial.

11-February-1979
Shankarrao Narayanrao Mohite Patil `Sahakari Maharshi' passed away.

11-February-1980
Romesh Chandra Majumdar, great Bengali historian, passed away.

11-February-1981
Australia all out for 83 vs India at MCG. They were chasing 143 to win.

11-February-1989
Pandit Narendra Sharma passed away.

11-February-1993
Andhra Naxalites release four out of six hostages.

11-February-1993
Naik sacks six ministers in Maharashtra.

11-February-1993
Centre bans BJP rally in the capital on February 25.

11-February-1993
Kamal Amrohi, famous film producer, director and writer, died at the age of 76 years. (11/2 or 25/2)

11-February-1996
Nepal PM Sher Bahadur Deuba arrives in India for a week-long visit.

11-February-1996
Wills World Cup Cricket inaugurated at Calcutta.

 

[Anup Tiwari]

11-February-1997
A New Delhi district consumer court holds that provision of drinking water aboard trains is a necessity and it is the duty of the railways to provide it to passengers in reserved compartments.

11-February-1997
India and Russia agree on a package of trade and economic cooperation measures, following Foreign Minister I K Gujral's discussions in Moscow.

11-February-1997
NHRC recommends to Central Government measures to prevent government servants from employing children below 14 as domestic servants.

11-February-1998
Prof. Anil Kumar Baruah, CPI(ML) candidate for the Dibrugarh Lok Sabha seat, is shot dead by suspected ULFA militants at Neharani.

11-February-1998
The Punjab police unearth a plot to kill Prime Minister I. K. Gujral, Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, and Congress(I) leader Sonia Gandhi by a pro-Khalistan militant group.

11-February-1999
12 dalits are shot by the Ranbir Sena in Narayanpar village in Bihar.

11-February-2001
Objective type paper scheduled in 28 cities in India.

 

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Today in 1930: Pluto, once believed to be the 9th planet, was discovered.


However, in Aug 2006, Pluto has been reclassified as a dwarf planet

 

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Today in 1915: Mohandas Gandhi and Ravindranath Tagore met for the first time at Shantiniketan, West Bengal.

 

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Today in 1854, 162 years ago: The first stamp was officially issued in India, at Calcutta where the first modern post office was established

 

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Today in 1674: Shivaji Bhonsle (1627-1680) was crowned the first Chhatrapati (Monarch) of the Maratha Empire...

 

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