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Historical Event on 1/11/1966

Lal Bahadur Shastri was posthumously awarded the ""Bharat Ratna"".

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/18/1953Riots against increase in streetcar fares continue with demonstrators taking control of parts of Calcutta.
8/9/1996Sachin Tendulkar, 23, chosen India's cricket captain.
5/18/1998India may take the US to WTO.
2/28/1930Strike by workers of the Nizam state railways over bonus.
3/9/1897Fans start calling the team 'Indians' (in 1915 it became official).
1/10/1818The last battle was fought in Rampura between the Marathas and the company.
1/10/1888Marathas were defeated in the third and last war against the British at Rampura.
8/11/1916Gopal Raghunath Bewur, former Chief of Army and fighter, was born.
1/10/1993India asks Pakistan to reduce its diplomatic strength by 40.
10/13/1998Salman Khan, Hindi film actor who was arrested on charges of killing protected wild animals near Jodhpur, is remanded to the custody of the Forest department.