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Historical Event on 11/1/1996
K.L. Chugh and J.N. Sapru, former chairmen of ITC, remanded to custody in connection with FERA violation case.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/22/1923 | Babani Sheshagiri Pai, social worker and journalist, was born at Ankola in Karnataka. |
| 7/7/1973 | 78 drowned as flash flood sweeped a bus into a river (India). |
| 4/17/1990 | Gas explodes on passenger train in Kumrahar, India killing 80 people. |
| 6/13/1909 | E. M. S. Namboodiripad was born in Palghat in Kerala. |
| 6/11/2000 | 27 army personnel die after the bus carrying them plunges into a gorge at a spot 80 km from Jammu. |
| 5/16/1975 | Sikkim High Court was established at Gangtok for Sikkim territory. |
| 9/9/1898 | Explosive Department of India was established at Nagpur. This is presently under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India. |
| 10/20/1962 | China mounted a massive attacked in N.E.E.F.A. and Ladakh borders. Chinese army pushed Indians back. The real test of IAF airlift capability came when open warfare erupted on the Sino-lndian border, while operating to the tricky helipads in the mountains, including the operation of C-119Gs from airstrips 17,000 ft (5180m) above sea level in the Karakoram Himalayas, and the air-lifting by An-12Bs of two troops of AMX-13 light tanks to Chushul in Ladakh, where the small airstrip was 15,000 ft (4570m) above sea level. |
| 4/21/1995 | Medium range 'Akash', surface-to-air-missile, flight trial successful. |
| 1/12/1869 | Dr. Bhagavan Das, great philosopher, freedom fighter, Hindi writer, politician and litterateur, was born at Varanasi. |
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