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Historical Event on 4/11/1931

Mahendranath Yeshwant Gupte, cricket test umpire for 1 test in 1984-85, was born at Mumbai.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/16/1952Sri Ramalu Potiu sacrificed his life for the demand of seperate Andhra Pradesh state for the Telugu- speaking people.
2/25/1938Farokh Manekshaw Engineer, great Indian cricket wicket-keeper (1961-75), was born in Bombay.
4/11/1906K.V. Jagannathan, great Hindi writer and journalist, was born at Krishnarayapuram,Tamil Nadu.
2/11/1906Daily Tribune' started its printing from Lahore.
1/8/1993FERA restrictions removed, resident Indians allowed to keep as much as $500.
1/7/1928Rajindranath, cricketer (4 stumpings in his only Test for India), was born at Amritsar.
8/9/1969Ochterlony Memorial in Calcutta was renamed as 'Shahid Minar'.
8/10/1982Memorial of 201 martyrs from Maharashtra inaugurated.
7/3/1998Kavi Pradeep, Hindi film lyricist, is selected for the 1997 Dada Saheb Phalke award.
4/5/1984Rakesh Sharma,Squadron leader, becomes India's first spaceman when he is launched aboard Soyuz T-11 of Soviet Union.