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Historical Event on 8/11/1961

Dadra and Nagar Haweli declared as Union Territory States.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/6/1931Bengal Congress to boycott British goods.
6/13/1757Clive marched to Murshidabad against Nawab Siraj ud-Daulah along with the force comprising of 1800 British and 2000 Indian soldiers with eight canons.
7/3/1997Tamil actor Sivaji Ganesan gets 1996 Dada Saheb Phalke award for outstanding contribution to Indian cinema.
5/7/1985Adoor Gopalakrishnan adjudged Best Director (Mukhamukham) in national film awards.
8/21/1995Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, noted physics scientist, died at the age of 84. He was one of the world's leading astro-physicists for his contributions to the study of stars. Chandrasekhar had received the highest award in Science--the Noble Prize in Physics in 1983.
3/10/2000Nirmal Verma, distinguished Hindi writer, and eminent Punjabi novelist Gurchal Singh selected jointly for the 35th Jnanpith Award for 1999.
12/26/1917Prabhakar Machve, famous Hindi and Marathi litterateur, was born.
12/11/1996T. N. Seshan retires. M. S. Gill becomes the new election Chief Election Commissioner.
5/16/1994Phani Mujumdar, veteran film producer and director, passed away.
3/8/1673Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj conquered the fort of Panhala.