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Historical Event on 9/11/1968

Central Government provides more autonomy to hilly region of Assam.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/30/1995Notification issued for the constitution of Jharkhand Autonomous District Council.
6/24/1961Indian Manufactured Supersonic fighter HF24 flew took to air for the first time.
3/25/1898Dalpatrai (Dalpatram Dahyabhai Trawadi), modern Gujrati poet, passed away.
7/9/199517 Indian mountaineers peaked Jogambha in the Garhwal Himalayas.
2/2/1968TERLS dedicated to the United Nations.
2/16/1923Vishnu Moreshwar Mahajani, famous author, poet and playwright, passed away.
5/20/1750Tipu Sultan, tiger of Mysore, was born. He was the son of Hyder Ali and born at Devanhalli village near Bangalore. Hyder Ali named his son after a great Sufi saint namely Tipu Mastan Aulia. Tipu Sultan was a great revolutionary freedom fighter, social reformer, musician and architect.
6/23/1661Princess Catherine of Portugal wed King of England Charles II. Portugal gave island of Mumbai to England as present. The British got Bombay as dowry from Portugal.
2/26/1966Vinayak Damodar Savarkar ""Veer Savarkar"", great revolutionary freedom fighter, social reformer, politician and writer, passed away at the ripe old age of 83. He was known for the first person to flee by swimming from Port Blair Jail and was associated with right-wing Hindu Mahasabha, started the Abinav Bharat as a secret society of revolutionary terrorists. He was a great Novelist and Poet.
6/8/1897Manindranath Basu, Bengali story writer and novelist, was born.