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Historical Event on 3/11/1984

India's first modern boas `Jalusha' started from Vishakhapattanam.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/24/1924Virendrakumar Bhattacharya, Gyanpeeth award winner and Assamia novelist, was born.
9/27/2000The Union Cabinet decides to increase the number of Padma series of awards for excellence in different fields of activities from 60 to 100.
1/19/1985Dr. P. C. Alexander, principal secretary to the PM, quits following the arrest of three aides in an espionage case.
5/27/1952United Nationalist Party and the Indian Democratic Party combined to form one opposition party - National Democratic Party with Dr. S. P. Mukherjee as leader.
7/1/1879Post Card of one paisa was started in India by the Post and Telegraph Department.
7/6/1935Dalai Lama, the 14th incarnate and religious leader of Tibet, was born. He was born to Tenzin Gyotso (His Holiness the VIVth Dalai Lama) in Taksten Village, Chhija Nangso, Tibet. He was awarded with Nobel Prize for Peace in 1989.
5/21/1927Cargo Transportation service started between Calcutta and Bagdogra.
4/22/1958Admiral R. T. Katari was appointed as the first Indian Chief of the Naval Staff.
11/1/1999Soli Sorbajee is re-appointed the Attorney General.
5/26/1957Janta Insurance Scheme was inaugurated in Bombay.