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Historical Event on 4/11/1952

Treaty between France and India, transferring the former French settlement of Chandranagar to India, is ratified by the National Assembly, Paris. It was the last formal step in completing the process of sovereignty.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/16/1980Communal riots continue; death toll in Uttar Pradesh City hits 130.
8/10/1982Memorial of 201 martyrs from Maharashtra inaugurated.
5/5/2000Supreme Court permits former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalitha (petitioner) to have herself and the others examined as ''defence witnesses'' in connection with the trial of the 'Colour TV scam case'.
3/16/1880Parshuram Rajshekhar Basu, famous Bengali writer, was born.
8/30/1994The ruling CPC-led Left Front captures large majority of gram panchayat seats in Tripura civic polls.
5/3/1969Dr. Zakir Hussain(1897-1969), third President of India and the first Muslim President who occupied this office on 13 May, 1967, passed away. He is also remembered as an educationist.
12/25/1937Pitambar Datt Kaushika, great educationist, was born at Bulandshahar.
8/9/1997Sonia Gandhi addresses Congress plenary session at Calcutta.
1/3/1994Stalemate persists on the Kashmir issue during Indo-Pak talks that concluded in Islamabad.
4/27/1994Supreme Court strikes down section 309 of the Indian Penal Code(which makes suicide a punishable offence)- violative of Article 21.