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Historical Event on 7/11/1979
The Lok Sabha commenced a four-day debate on the no-confidence motion against the 21-month-old Janata Government.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/11/1906 | Gandhiji addressed a mass meeting of Indians at Johannesburg, where they took oath of passive resistance against the newly promulgated 'Transvaal Asiatic Law Amendment Ordinance'. |
| 6/27/1917 | Khanderao Moreshwar Rangnekar, cricketer (batted in 3 Tests India v Australia 1947-48), was born in Maharashtra. |
| 2/17/1968 | Dr. Kailas Nath Katju, freedom fighter, politician, leader, Governor of Orissa and West Bengal, passed away. |
| 12/9/1942 | Dr. Dwarkanath Kotnis, doctor of international fame, died at Kokun village, China. |
| 5/4/1854 | The first stamp was officially issued from Calcutta where the first modern post office was established. |
| 9/27/1995 | 73 people died in a coal mine accident in Gaslitand in Dhanbad district, Bihar, when flood water leaked into the mine. |
| 10/16/1983 | Harish Chandra, great Indian scientist, died. His work in a narrow branch of modern mathematics led to its developement to such an extent that it drew the attention of mathematicians all over the world. |
| 8/23/1989 | Pandit Krishnarao Shankarrao, great singer of 'Gwalher Gharana', passed away. |
| 9/14/1868 | Swami Virjanand, Sanskrit grammar litterateur and master, passed away at the age of 90. |
| 12/10/1902 | Sir Ronald Ross was awarded the Nobel Prize for medicine for detecting the cause of Malaria. |
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