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11 January - India on this day27 events

1613

Emperor Jahangir in a proclamation permitted East India Company to establish factories in Surat. And the first British factory was established under Thomas Aldworth.

#foundation#industries#royal event#labour11-January-1613
1990

R. Shekhar became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 14/12/90).

#crime11-January-1990
2000

Mrs. Anju, wife of Shoaib Ilyasi of 'India's Most Wanted' famed serial, dies under mysterious circumstances.

#crime11-January-2000
1955

Production of Newsprint paper factory started for the first time in India.

#publication11-January-1955
1858

Shridhar Pathak, famous Hindi poet, was born.

#birth#literature11-January-1858
1859

Lord Curzon, Governor General and Viceroy, was born.

#birth#politics11-January-1859
1973

Rahul Dravid, cricket batsman, was born in Indore.

#birth#sports11-January-1973
1999

Four DRDO scientists and four pilots aboard an Avro plane on a research test flight are killed as the plane crashes after take-off from the Arakkonam INS Rajali Naval air base in Tamil Nadu.

#air crash#science11-January-1999
1966

Lal Bahadur Shastri was posthumously awarded the "Bharat Ratna".

#freedom fighter#award11-January-1966
1991

Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Morarji Ranchhodji Desai (1896-1995).

#freedom fighter#award11-January-1991
1993

Communal violence in Bombay and Ahmedabad spreads; By-elections postponed.

#religion#general11-January-1993
1975

Oil struck in third Bombay High rig.

#industries11-January-1975
1921

Vasudevacharya Kerur, famous Kannad novelist, drama writer and journalist, passed away.

#literature#death11-January-1921
1958

Two lakh Indians in East Pakistan were rounded up and lodged in concentration camps.

#general#politics11-January-1958
1986

The Naval Dockyard Bombay celebrates its 250th Anniversary.

#general11-January-1986
1986

The first MiG-27M fighter, built under license by Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd, is delivered and inducted into the Indian Air Force.

#general11-January-1986
1966

Lal Bahadur Shastri, Indian Prime Minister (1964-66), passed away at Tashkent, U.S.S.R. at 1:32, age 61. He was awarded the Bharat Ratna posthumously.

#award#politics11-January-1966
1986

Union Government declares Ladakh a Scheduled Tribe area under a constitutional amendment order by the President, applying article 342 for the first time to J&K.

#law#politics11-January-1986
1991

Five JD ministers at the Centre disqualified by Speaker Rabi Ray on the basis of anti-defection law.Five disqualified ministers who tendered their resignation were asked to continue in office by the PM.

#law#politics11-January-1991
1994

Hyderabad score 6 for 944 against Andhra Pradesh in Ranji Trophy.

#sports11-January-1994
1998

C. V. Gadkari, great Indian Test all-rounder 1953-55, passed away.

#sports#death11-January-1998
1994

Shankarrao Savekar, veteran cameraman of film industry, passed away.

#cinema#death11-January-1994
1960

Pakistan and India agree on disputed boundary between Punjab and W. at Pakistan.

#politics11-January-1960
1966

Gulzarilal Nanda was appointed as the acting Prime Minister of India. He held this position till January 24, 1966.

#politics11-January-1966
1991

Ravi Naik of Maharashtra Gomanthak party sworn in as the CM of Goa.

#politics11-January-1991
1995

Kumari Anandan replaces Vazhapadi K. Ramamurthy as TNCC (I) chief.

#politics11-January-1995
1996

Canadian PM Jean Chretien visits New Delhi.

#politics11-January-1996