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Historical Event on 7/11/1964

M C Chagla, Union Minister of Education, turns the first sod for the foundation of the 4 ft tunnel.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/23/1993PM arrives in Tashkent.
1/2/1905Jainendra Kumar, famous Hindi novelist and patriot, was born.
8/1/1947Partition of India into India and Pakistan. Power transferred. Lord Mountbatten becomes Governor General of India and Muhammed Ali Jinnah, Governor General of Pakistan.
8/1/1947Qutubu'd-din Aibak (1206-1210) was crowned at Lahore after the death of Muhammad of Ghuri. He was originally a slave of Turkestan. As he started his career as a slave, the dynasty founded by him in India is known as ""Slave Dynasty"". The construction of Qutabminar was started during his regime. Since he was very generous, the people called him ""Lakh Baksh"".
2/2/1953All India Khadi and Village Industries Board started in New Delhi.
3/8/1995Dr. Duranand Kanhan Pillai, great litterateur of Malyali language, died.
9/1/1896Bhaktivedanta Swami, litterateur and social worker, was born in Calcutta.
10/4/2000Kashmir has been the cause of tensions between India and Pakistan and foreign interference should be stopped,'' said Russian President Vladimir Putin at the joint session of both the Houses of Parliament.
11/16/1992Reservation, Supreme Court rejects economic criteria.
3/7/1956A gigantic steel tube plant opened in Jamshedpur. It was the first of its kind in India.