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Historical Event on 11/11/1979

President N. Sanjiva Reddy declares the opening of the first International Trade Fair of India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/21/1981Kerala under central rule.
12/31/1988Treaty signed between India and Pakistan for not to target nuclear sites of each other.
2/22/1958Maulana Abul Kalam Azad passed away in New Delhi, India. He was a great leader, great orator, revolutionary and fighter for national freedom. Some of his works which are the masterpieces of the Urdu language are ""Ghubari-Khatir"" and Tadhkirah"". He was Minister of Education in the first Indian Government.
6/14/1990Veerendra Verma sworn in as the new Governor of Punjab and Administrator of Chandigarh.
9/16/1990Air India establishes a world record by evacuating more than 1.11 lakh people in eight weeks from Kuwait/Iraq during the Gulf War.
9/27/1907Bhagat Singh, the legendary revolutionary, was born at Banga in West Punjab, Layalpur now in Pakistan.
2/28/1998The third and final phase of polling is held in 131 Lok Sabha constituencies in 10 States and one Union Territory.
2/1/1855East India Railways were held for formal inauguration; Howrah station was opened.
1/4/1906Prince of Wales laid the foundation stone of Victoria Memorial Hall at Calcutta.
1/4/1906Vasco De Gama, Portuguese navigator who discovered India, died in Cochin.