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Historical Event on 3/11/1881

Ashley Eden unveiled in Calcutta Town Hall the first statue of Indians Ram Nath Tagore and Dwarkanath Tagore.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/29/1997P. Chidambaram, Finance Minister, says Indian rupee will be made fully and freely convertible by year 2000.
2/12/194614 killed in Calcutta riots; Muslim leader Jinnah threatens civil war.
2/12/1946Alauddin Khalji conquered the throne of Delhi. In July declared himself as the Sultan.
1/14/1882Maharshi Raghunath Dhondo Karve, father of Family Planning and Sex Education, was born.
12/6/1892Rukmini Lakshmipathi, great social reformer and leader, was born at Madurai.
8/6/1905Chittaranjan Das ""Desh Bandhu"", freedom fighter and advocate, started an organisation named ""Swadeshi Mandali"". He also founded magazine named Narayana in 1914 and a Bengali weekly in 1922 and the daily 'Forward'.
4/20/1954Panchsheel agreement between China and India.
5/26/1885Govindagraj (Ram Ganesh Gadkari), great Marathi playwright, comedy author and poet, was born.
2/23/1997Justice J. S. Verma appointed Chief Justice of India.
6/7/2000Telecom Commission approves the free phone bonanza for all telecom employees announced by the Union Communications Minister Ram Vilas Paswan.