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Historical Event on 1/11/1966

Lal Bahadur Shastri was posthumously awarded the ""Bharat Ratna"".

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/28/1997Jain Commission, chaired by Justice M.C. Jain, submits interim report on Rajiv Gandhi assassination.
1/17/1909Bejoy Kumar Sinha, journalist and social worker, was born at Kanpur.
3/4/1951Eleven countries and 489 male and female athletes participated in the first Asian Games started at National Stadium in New Delhi.
3/24/1968The second Indian-made rocket 'Menaka' successfully launched at the Thumba station.
4/2/1993MP High Court quashes dismissal of BJP Government under article 356; the Centre decides to move the Supreme Court.
1/6/1948Security Council takes up India's complaint charging Pakistan with aggression in Kashmir.
2/4/1909Narayan Dattatreya Sane, two test cricket umpire 1959-60, left-hand opening batsman and fast bowler, was born at Vidarbha.
8/17/1985Rajiv Gandhi announces Punjab state elections in India.
7/29/1911Mohan Bagan became the first Indian football team to win the I.F.A. Shield.
4/3/1926Muslim-Hindu riots destroy temples, killing 12, wounding 100 in Calcutta.