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Historical Event on 1/11/1955

Production of Newsprint paper factory started for the first time in India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/9/1935Harishankar Sharma, great educationist, was born at Jaipur.
11/7/1990Lawrence Durrell, great Indian English and author (Mount Olive), passed away at the age of 78.
6/20/1946Kashmir authorities arrest President-elect Nehru for refusing to obey an order banning him from the state.
5/3/1977Hamid Dalwai, father of Muslim Satyashodhak Mandal in Maharashtra, passed away.
1/14/1990J&K Governor quits.
7/22/1991Pandit Basavraj Rajguru, great singer, passed away.
6/13/1940Revolutionary leader Udham Singh was hanged for charges of assassinating Micheal Odair, who was the Governor General of Punjab at the time of Jalianwala Baug massacre.
10/3/1880Sakuntal Sangeet held in Anandodbhav Auditorium in Pune. Annasaheb Kirloskar presented the first musical play in Marathi.
9/28/1909Jairaj, famous film actor, was born. His first film was 'Sparkling Youth' (1930). He was a receipant of Dada Saheb Phalke Award. Some of his films are 'Fight unto Death', 'All for love', 'Bhawani No Bhog', 'Pearl', 'Queen of Faries', 'The Enemy', 'My Hero'.
11/1/1999H. K. Dua, senior Journalist and former editor of The Indian Express and The Hindustan Times, is appointed the Press Adviser to the Prime Minister.