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Historical Event on 8/11/1956
The Lok Sabha passed the States Reorganisation Act.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/5/1989 | Dalai Lama was honoured with the Nobel Peace Prize (1989). |
| 10/23/1959 | Chinese military confrontation with India in Aksai Chin killed 17 Indian soldiers in a clash on the Kashmir border. |
| 9/4/1880 | Bhupendranath Dutt, Bengali litterateur and politician, was born. |
| 8/14/1998 | Classical vocalist Shamshad Begum, who enthralled radio listeners in the 30s and 40s, died in Mumbai. |
| 10/30/1977 | One hundred thousand Tamil Hindu tea-pickers, who were expatriated from Sri Lanka, are shipped to Madras, South India. |
| 4/9/1695 | Waman Pandit, famous pandit poet, took samadhee at Bhogav. |
| 11/5/1996 | United Front suffers a setback with one of its constituents, the Madhya Pradesh Vikas party, deciding to walk out and merge with Congress (I). |
| 7/20/1986 | India withdraws from Edinburgh Commonwealth Games. |
| 2/12/1996 | President S.D. Sharma in Kerala. |
| 12/6/1990 | VHP-sponsored 'karseva' in Ayodhya passes off peacefully. |
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