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Historical Event on 1/11/1958

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

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/29/1644The Massachusetts General Court issued a call for local pastors to learn the dialects of neighboring Indian tribes as an aid toward converting them to the Christian faith.
9/11/1954Ram Naresh, editor and Hindi author, was born.
11/22/1928British King George confined to bed with congested lung; Queen to take over duties.
10/26/1935Ashok P.Jain, great industrialist, was born.
3/25/1933Vasantrao Gowarikar, space scientist, was born.
9/12/1971Jaikishen, famous Hindi film music director, died.
2/26/1996Parliament's budget session opens.
7/2/1972Shimla Treaty' was singed between Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and her Pakistani counterpart Zulfikar Ali Bhutto.
2/7/1931Satpal Kapur, Congress leader, was born.
5/3/1913Dhundiraj Govind Phalke, more generally known as Dada Saheb Phalke, was responsible for the production of India's first fully indigenous silent four-reel feature film 'Raja Harishchandra' which heralded the birth of the Indian film industry. The film had titles in Hindi and English and was released on May 3, 1913 at the Coronation Cinematograph in Bombay.