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Historical Event on 2/11/1847

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

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/28/1997Calling and holding of bandhs by political parties and other associations or organisations declared 'Illegal and unconstitutional' by a Full Bench of the Kerala High Court.
4/9/1974India, Pakistan, Bangladesh reach pact to exchange prisoners of 1971 war in New Delhi.
8/22/1993V P Singh leaves Delhi on a self-imposed exile vowing not to return until the government implemented job reservation for backward classes.
2/18/1911Captain Vasudev Belwalkar, who had also written the novels on history and war, was born.
8/20/1933Mahatma Gandhi is rushed to the hospital on the fourth day of his latest fast.
3/19/1973Mine explosion in Bihar kills 47.
3/5/1931Mahatma Gandhi & British viceroy Lord Irwin sign a pact referred in Indian History as ""Gandhi-Irwin Pact"", after which the civic disobedience movement was taken back.
10/21/1990Doordarshan starts afternoon news bulletins at 2 p.m. (Hindi) and 3 p.m. (English) of 7.5 minutes duration on week days and 5 minutes on Sundays.
1/10/1987Sikh terrorists murder Punjab prison chief in Chandigarh.
10/12/1961Sureshchandra Banerjee, great politician, died.