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Historical Event on 1/11/1986

The Naval Dockyard Bombay celebrates its 250th Anniversary.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/6/1929British Viceroy meets with Indian leaders to discuss dominion status for India.
4/9/1984Captain H.J. Singh of Indian Army crossed the Banihal Darsh with the help of Hand Glider and set a new record.
1/5/1974Virendranath Dasgupta, great revolutionary, died.
8/6/1951Rukmini Lakshmipathi, great social reformer and leader, died.
3/28/1645Har Govind Singh, Sikh Guru, died.
3/28/1645Queen Elizabeth I granted its Royal Charter to the 218 Knights and merchants of the City of London who formed the East India Company. The venture failed to achieve its stated objectives -- it made little impression on the Dutch control of the spice trade and could not establish a lasting outpost in the East Indies.
9/6/1965Full scale warfare broke out all along the international border between West Pakistan and India. Pakistani troops advanced towards the Indian town of Akhnur in Kashmir and Pakistani paratroopers raided Punjab.
10/5/1864Cyclone destroyed most of Calcutta city in which approximately 50,000 people died.
12/7/1989Hemananda Biswal sworn in as Orissa Chief Minister.
11/1/1927Ghani Khan Chaudha, political leader, was born.