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Historical Event on 11/11/1973
India's first International Philatelic Exihibition started in New Delhi.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/30/1947 | Gandhiji leaves Patna for Delhi. Mountbatten, new Viceroy, arrives in Delhi. |
| 1/9/1841 | John Gil Christ, founder of Fort William College Calcutta, passed away at Paris. |
| 1/30/1993 | Dr. Syvatoslav Roerich, 89, renowned painter and husband of film actress Devika Rani, passed away. |
| 11/20/1946 | Gandhiji starts tour without party. |
| 7/25/1997 | Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma (1918-1999) retired from the post of 9th President. |
| 10/2/1911 | Ambat Menon, great educationist, was born at Chittore, Kerala . |
| 5/31/1970 | Indira Gandhi called for international help as the civil war in Bangladesh, or East Pakistan, had turned two million people into refugees. Many of them were suffering from cholera and smallpox. The authorities of West Pakistan refused to care for them, and India couldn't afford to. |
| 11/8/1966 | Rameshwari Nehru, freedom fighter and social worker, died at 80 years in New Delhi. She founded ""Stree-Darpan"" Magazine in 1909 and was president of ""Indian Women Association"". She had received Lenin Peace Prize in 1961 for her humanitarian services for upliftment of the down |
| 11/6/1952 | Dipal Jayant Tilak, journalist and editor, was born. |
| 11/6/1952 | Sher Shah defeated Humayun for the second time at Hardoi in U.P. in the battle of Kanauj. |
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