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Historical Event on 1/11/1975
Oil struck in third Bombay High rig.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/13/1994 | Dr. Krishnaprasad Mishra, 'Sahitya Academy Award' winner, Oria novelist and short story writer, passed away. |
| 8/23/1995 | First ever cellular phone service begins in Calcutta. |
| 9/1/1981 | Air Chief Marshal Dilbagh Singh PVSM, AVSM, VM., became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 03/Sept/1984. |
| 7/15/1783 | Sir Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy, great Indian Merchant, Industrialist and philanthrophist, was born in Bombay. He aided famine relief, financed public works like wells, roads, causeways and bridges; founded dispensaries and hospitals; established educational institutions and scholarship funds; etc. He was receipent of a Knighthood and many medals. |
| 2/20/1987 | Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh becomes the 23rd and 24th states of Indian Union. |
| 1/18/1999 | Gul Panag (20) from Delhi was crowned Femina Miss India Universe at the Miss India 1999 beauty pageant in Pune. |
| 11/5/1605 | Accession of Jahangir |
| 10/10/1910 | Dr. Dwarkanath Kotnis, famous doctor who worked in China, was born at Solapur, Maharashtra. |
| 7/28/1994 | Sudhakarrao Naik, G. Ramanujam and O. N. Srivastava appointed Governors. |
| 5/20/1915 | Gandhiji founded Satyagraha Ashram (later known as Sabarmati Ashram after the name of the river) at Ahmedabad. |
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