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Historical Event on 3/11/1689

Sambhaji, Shivaji's successor, who was captured at Sangameshwar, was assasinated in the prison of Aurangzeb by Mughal officer Muqurab Khan.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/28/1903Shantanu L. Kirloskar, great industrialist, was born at Sholapur (Maharashtra).
10/25/1990Captain Sangma, first Chief Minister of Meghalaya, died.
9/26/1911Prat Kumar Sinha, cricket Test empire for 2 tests from 1948-53, was born in Bengal.
9/26/1911Sheikh Mirza, chieftain of a small state of Ferghana, was born in Turkmenistan.
4/11/1999Chetan Baboor and Poulomi Ghatak won the men's and women's titles resp. in the India Cup table tennis in Mumbai.
9/18/1909Kilachand Ramdas, famous merchant, was born.
5/20/1972Indira Gandhi laid the foundation stone of 2nd Howrah bridge at Calcutta.
8/17/1986In the Jehovah's Witnesses' case, the Supreme Court rules that ""singing National Anthem is not obligatory"".
4/8/1937R. Gundurao, former Chief Minister of Karnataka and senior leader of Indira Congress, was born.
1/23/1954Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad declares that the State of Kashmir is a part of India.