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Historical Event on 11/8/1991

K.P.S. Gill reappointed DGP in Punjab.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/17/1917Mahatma Gandhi and Kasturba started living at Hriday Kunj in Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad.
12/28/1996India all out for 66 at Durban after making 100 in the first innings of the game.
12/17/1987Bhopal court orders the Union Carbide to pay Rs. 350 crore as interim relief to 1984 gas victims.
9/3/1979M. M. Bhatnagar was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 14-06-1985.
6/6/1969Sunil Bandacharya Joshi, cricketer (Indian Test left-arm spinner 1996), was born in Gadag.
8/23/1995First ever cellular phone service begins in Calcutta.
12/27/1931150 are arrested following 'red shirt' riots in the N.W. Frontier province.
1/21/1820Dalpat Rai, modern Gujrati poet, was born.
2/26/1998Kalyan Singh wins the ''composite floor test'' in the Assembly, securing 225 votes against the 196 got by Jagadambika Pal.
11/14/1889Jawaharlal Nehru, first Prime Minister of India, was born. To commemorate his birthday, this day is observed as 'Children's Day' from 1957.