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Historical Event on 1/11/1991

Five JD ministers at the Centre disqualified by Speaker Rabi Ray on the basis of anti-defection law.Five disqualified ministers who tendered their resignation were asked to continue in office by the PM.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/24/1786Charles Cornwallis appointed Governor-General of India.
2/24/1786Acharya Surdasji, famous poet in Hindi and great devotee of Lord Krishna, was born.
5/12/1666Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj meet Aurangzeb and was arrested.
4/29/1909Tukdoji Maharaj, social reformer, modern Saint and poet, was born at Yavli in Amravati district, Maharashtra.
9/13/1997Grieving India lays to rest Mother Teresa in state funeral in Calcutta in which pomp and splendour is combined with religious rites.
8/7/1925Monkombu Sambasivan Swaminathan was born in Kumbakonam. He went to Britain and took his Ph.D from the school of Agriculture in Cambridge in 1952. He developed high yielding strains of wheat and rice and accomplished difficult crosses in potato and jute species. In 1971, he was awarded The Ramon Magsaysay Award for generating a new confidence in the agricultural capabilities of the country. He was the Director of the International Rice Research Institute, Philippines. He is also the first agriculture scientist to win the Albert Einstein world science Award in 1986.
9/4/1665Raja Jai Singh treaty of Purandar was signed between the Mughals and Chattrapati Shivaji Maharaj.
2/16/1927Rail service started between India and Nepal.
11/9/1997Film Federation of India chooses Malayalam film 'Guru' as official entry for Oscar awards.
11/2/1971Hurricane and ensuing tidal wave takes 6,000 lives.