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Historical Event on 11/8/1965

Bashiruddin Ahmad, religious leader and litterateur, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/29/1907Labour MP James Keir Hardie accuses UK of running India 'like the Czar runs Russia'
3/18/1953Backward Classes Commission inaugurated.
3/24/1977Morarji Desai elected leader of Janata Party and sworn in as the Prime Minister of India at New Delhi. Later he formed his cabinet. He was in the office of Prime Minister till July 28, 1979. This was first non-Congress Government in India.
7/2/1929Amritlal Basu, famous Bengali playwright, died.
12/19/1995Unidentified aircraft drops a heap of sophisticated arms and ammunition, including AK-47 rifles, rocket launchers and anti-tank grenades in Purulia district in West Bengal.
7/16/1996The four basin states of Narmada valley - Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra - reach agreement to raise the height of Sardar Sarovar dam in Gujarat to 436' after which hydrological studies will be done for 5 years to decide whether the height should be raised to the awarded 455'.
11/21/1969Bhilai Steel Plant creates a new world record in steel-making by producing 'one heat' in four hours three minutes.
1/28/1902Gandhiji left for Rangoon visit. Stays for a month with Gokhale at Calcutta. Returns to Rajkot and settles down to practise.
7/4/1986Sunil Gavaskar celebrated his 115th Test in cricket at Edgbaston.
5/16/1960International Telex Service between India and U.K. started.