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Historical Event on 11/6/1931
Chithira Tirunal Bala Ramavarma, ascended throne and ruled state of Travancore as Maharaja, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/14/1991 | Punjab was declared ""disturbed area""; army deployed. |
| 5/23/1990 | Banarasi Das Gupta elected CM of Haryana following Om Prakash Chautala's resignation. |
| 2/15/1993 | India regains ""Rubber"" after 6 years by beating England by an innings and 70 runs at Madras. |
| 7/15/1969 | Air Chief Marshal Arjan Singh, Padma Vibhushan, DFC. retired as the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. After retirement he was appointed as the Ambassador in Switzerland. |
| 1/26/1995 | Dr. Nelson Mandela attends India's 46th Republic Day celebration as national guest. |
| 6/30/1914 | Mahatma Gandhi's first arrest during campaigning for Indian rights in S Africa. |
| 1/14/1761 | The third and last battle of Panipat, fought between the Marathas and the Afghan invader Ahmad Shah Abadli, started. The Marathas lost 28,000 soldiers and were virtually routed in North India thus ending the Maratha hegemony. |
| 5/4/1957 | Rai Chaudhary Hemchandra, great historian, passed away. |
| 1/17/1913 | Yadvendra Singh, HH LtG. Maharaja of Patial, cricketer (scored 24 & 60 in only Test India vs England), was born in Patiala, Punjab. |
| 6/18/1993 | Advani takes over as party President. |
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