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Historical Event on 2/11/1968

Deendayal Upadhyaya, great philosopher, litterateur, social worker, thinker and founder of Jansangh, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/29/1908Pratapsing Gaekwad, Prince of Baroda, was born.
6/29/1908Sheikh Mirza, chieftain of a small state of Ferghana, was born in Turkmenistan.
1/20/1897Gandhiji declines to prosecute assailants.
10/26/1930Dr. Waldemar Modecal Haffkine, famous scientist, bacteriologist and professor, died in Paris. He had invented the Cholera vaccine in 1893 and a vaccine for Plague in 1897 at the Grant Medical College, Bombay.
11/16/1998Kiran More, former Indian stumper, calls it a day from first class cricket at Baroda.
3/31/1977N. K. Mukarji was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 31-03-1980.
6/1/1927Justice Savyasachi Mukherjee was born.
5/30/1919Rabindranath Tagore returned back the honour as a protest against the Jallianwala Bagh massacre.
9/27/1993Daily newspaper of Marathi Language ""Samna"" started its publication at Sambhaji Nagar (Aurangabad).
1/21/1922Juda Reuben, cricket Test umpire for 10 tests from 1969-77, was born in Mumbai.