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Historical Event on 1/11/1994

Shankarrao Savekar, veteran cameraman of film industry, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/3/1914Sam Hormuj Framji Jamshedji Manekshaw, India's first Field Marshal, was born. He was better known as ""Sam Manekshaw"".
6/20/1992The JD and the NF choose former Lok Sabha Dy Speaker Prof. G. G. Swell as the Presidential candidate.
8/29/1959India sends troops to Tibet border to block the Chinese.
8/14/1993New governors for MP, Bihar, West Bengal & Tripura.
4/30/1936Mahatma Gandhi started staying in Sevagram Ashram at Wardha in the Central Provinces, making it his headquarters.
12/14/1936Kamalkant Bhattacharya, Assamese thinker and author, passed away.
1/29/1853Madhusudan Rao, modern writer in Oria language, was born.
10/5/1990Dr. Rajkumar Varma, famous Hindi journalist and playwright, died.
1/23/1664Shahaji Raje died in an accident.
9/29/1997IRS-1D, fourth Indian Remote Sensing satellite, successfully launched off by PSLV-CI, the country's first operational polar satellite launch vehicle, from Sriharikota. With this launch, India became a member of the exclusive club of nations capable of launching the heavier class of satellites.