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Historical Event on 11/1/1950
First Indigenous Steam Engine from Chitranjan Rail Factory railed out.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/6/1993 | India and Bhutan sign agreement on the giant Sankosh hydro-electric project. |
| 12/8/1998 | An Indian film, 'The Terrorist' wins all top awards including the Golden Pyramid award for the best film at the 23rd Cairo International Film Festival. Santosh Sivan gets the best director award, while its actress Ayesha Dharker bags the best actress award. |
| 5/29/1972 | Prithviraj Kapoor, famous film actor, passed away. |
| 1/14/1882 | Maharshi Raghunath Dhondo Karve, father of Family Planning and Sex Education, was born. |
| 5/20/1994 | Indian ship rescues over 2000 Indian nationals trapped in the embattled Yemen's port city of Aden. |
| 9/27/1873 | Vithalbhai Patel, great freedom fighter, social worker, nationalist leader, politician and President of the Central Assembly, was born at Karmasad, Gujarat. |
| 3/17/1985 | Dattu Phadkar, cricketer (Indian all-rounder, 31 Tests 1947-58), passed away. |
| 3/31/1964 | Tram-way service ended in Mumbai (Bombay). This last electric tram left Bori Bunder (CST) for Dadar at 10 p.m., crowds lined the route all the way at that late hour to bid farewell to the common man's transport medium. |
| 8/1/1962 | Establishment of Maharashtra State Industrial Development Corporation. |
| 12/8/1994 | At 1730 hrs, a rocket propelled grenade fired by Somalia militia during inter clan fighting exploded on the roof of the barrack which housed IAF officers. In the explosion, two officers and an airman were injured. |
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