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Historical Event on 11/2/1956

Express Train plunged down the Marudaiyar river embarkment killng 143 persons.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/9/1996J. Jayalalitha, Tamil Nadu CM, resigns.
9/5/1918Ratanji Jamshetji Tata, famous Indian industrialist and social reformer, died.
9/17/1948The Nizam of Hyderabad, in a broadcast, announced ceasefire to his troops and accession into Indian Union, which was settled earlier to the announcement.
9/2/1970Parliament abolishes the privileges of 279 maharajahs in New Delhi.
10/2/1993Prime Minister's employment project started in urban areas.
8/22/1933Inhabitants of Partabgarh face starvation as Opium was now outlawed. They had been living from the sale of opium for the past 800 years.
5/18/1912Narayan Govind Chitre, with the help of R. P. Tipnis and Cameraman Johnson, produced a 8000 ft. long theatrical film 'Pundalik', which was directed by Ramchandra Torney alias Dada Saheb Torne. The entire film was shot in a theatre at Mangaldas Wadi in Bombay, where the Sangit Mandali, a professional theatre group, was performing a play 'Pundalik'. The film was released on May, 18 in the Coronation Cinematograph at Girgaum, Bombay.
4/11/1999Tamil Nadu men, Railways women emerged National Volleyball League champions in Triprayar.
9/6/1999Vyjayanthimala Bali, former Congress (I) MP, joins the BJP.
12/4/1910Ramaswami Venkataraman, former President of India (1987-92), was born.