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Historical Event on 3/11/1886

Anandibai Gopalrao Joshi became the first Indian lady doctor. She passed the MBBS degree from Philadelphia University of America.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/15/1860M. Visveswarayya, maker of modern Karnataka, was born. He was a notable engineer too.
8/10/1855Alladiya Khan, famous singer of Kolhapur court, was born.
10/6/1997I. K. Gujral, PM, begins visit to South Africa, which was the first ever by an Indian Prime Minister.
1/18/1992Muthuswami Pillai, father of Bharat Natyam classical dance, passed away.
2/27/1997CBI arrests godman Chandraswami for alleged offences in violation of Foreign Contributions (Regulation) Act, 1976.
6/22/1993JPC draft report raps B. Shankaranand and censures Manmohan Singh.
9/18/1967English was adopted the official language of Nagaland .
8/19/1934Dr. Hiralal died. He was a distinguished historian and contributed numerous articles to 'Indian Antiquary', 'Epigraphia Indica', The Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, etc. He was also an honorary correspondent in Archaeology to the Government of India.
4/1/1935The Reserve Bank of India was established as a Central Bank and the job of issuing notes was entrusted to this bank. The Commissioner's office which issued currency was abolished and was substituted by the Governer of the RBI. The issue offices scattered around the country came to be called as the regional offices of the Reserve Bank.
11/17/1948Despite the scepticism on the part of the US and British advisers concerning the feasibility of the scheme, the first half-dozen HAL-reconditioned B-24s were ready by November 1948 and, on the 17th of that month, No. 5 Squadron was formed with these heavy bombers.