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Historical Event on 6/11/1907

Shantilal Jivanlal Gandhi, famous Hindi writer, was born in Mehmadabad, Gujarat .

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12/31/1902Dr. Raghuvir, dictionary creator, having knowledge of Vedic Sanskrit, Tebiti, Chinese and Mongolian, was born.
7/1/1961Kalpana Chawla, the first Indian women astronaut (STS 87), was born in Karnal.
7/12/1920Siddharthacharry V, educationist and diplomat, was born at Mysore.
9/3/1767Colonel Smith was defeated in the battle of Changama that took place between the combined forces of Nizam and Hyder Ali and the British army. This was the first war of Mysore. The British concluded a humiliating peace with Hyder Ali of Mysore.
4/22/1812Dalhousie, governor general of India, was born.
4/15/1996Shyam Benegal's film ""The Making of a Mahatma"" released in South Africa.
1/17/1933Aga Khan, religious leader (Muslims), was born.
4/9/1756Ali Bardi Khan of Bengal passed away in Murshidabad. His youngest daughter's son Siraj-ud-Daulah was crowned as King of Bengal when he was merely 20 years old after the death of King Tartar.
3/27/1977The government revoked the national Emergency promulgated on Dec. 3, 1971.
4/2/1942Andaman Islands, U.S. Army Air Force Flying Fortresses, bomb the Japanese fleet.