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Historical Event on 11/8/1831
Edward R L Bulwer-Lytton was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/1/1966 | Punjab High Court was renamed as Punjab & Haryana High Court. This court was established in Chandigarh for Punjab, Haryana & Chandigarh territory. |
| 12/21/1998 | The Viswabharati University in Calcutta presents the 'Deshikottama' award to Nobel laureate Prof. Amartya Sen. |
| 6/19/1949 | People of Chandernagar, the French Indian Settlement, decided to merge with the Indian Union. |
| 11/17/1994 | North Eastern Council decides to include Sikkim in the Council. |
| 1/9/1922 | Har Gobind Khurana, scientist of Biology, was born in India. He did his M.Sc from University of Punjab and, for higher education went to University of Liverpool. In 1959, he produced a chemical called ""Coenzymea"", which is essential for certain processes in the human body. He was awarded Nobel Prize for medicine in 1968 along with Marshall W. Nirenberg and Robert W. Halley. |
| 7/15/1969 | Air Chief Marshal Arjan Singh, Padma Vibhushan, DFC. retired as the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. After retirement he was appointed as the Ambassador in Switzerland. |
| 8/3/1780 | British officer captain Bruce conquered Gwalior fort under Major Popham after defeating Sindhiya. |
| 4/18/1930 | Surya Sen alias Masterda attacked on Armoury of Chittagong with 62 men of the Indian Republican Army. |
| 1/18/1930 | Gurudev Rabindranath Thakur (Tagore) and Mahatma Gandhi met at Sabarmati Ashram. |
| 1/29/1968 | Laxmidas Purshottamdas Jai, one Test for India, died. |
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