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Historical Event on 11/11/2000

Harin Pathak, Union Minister of State for Defence, resigns after being chargesheeted by a sessions court in Ahmedabad in a case relating to the murder of a head constable at the height of the anti-reservation agitation in 1985.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/23/1987D. Chakraborty was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 02-07-1991.
11/5/1999Malcom Marshall, legendary West Indian fast bowler, died at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital after battling colon cancer for over six months.
11/5/1999Chaitanya Maha Prabhu, vaishnav Sant, passed away. His mortal remains at Puri.(9/7or 29/6).
1/26/1992Bharat Bhushan, the legendary romantic film hero of the 1950's, passed away at the age of 71 years.
8/15/1872Sri Aurobindo Man Mohan Ghosh born in Calcutta. He was a renaissance yoga philosopher, freedom fighter and teacher. His 30-volume work discusses the 'superman', a metaphor for the divinely transformed individual soul. He withdrew from the world in 1910 and founded International Ashram in Pondicherry.
1/21/1908Gandhiji agrees to settlement on basis of voluntary registration, if Registration Act is repealed.
11/22/1967Tara Singh, freedom fighter, Akali Dal leader master and politician, died at Amritsar.
6/8/1936Akashwani Radio was later changed into All India Radio (AIR) in 1958.
3/15/1908Police shoot four people in rioting.
2/7/1983Eastern News Agency was established in Calcutta .