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Historical Event on 11/11/1793
English pioneer missionary William Carey, 32, reached Calcutta five months after setting sail for India. Later, Carey founded the Baptist Missionary Society, the first of the British Protestant missions agencies.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/20/1960 | Pannalal Ghosh, famous flute player, passed away. |
| 1/7/1900 | Raghukul Tilak, educationist and social worker, was born at Meerut, UP. |
| 10/23/1973 | Sambamurthy Pichhu, famous musician of Madras, died. |
| 1/23/1961 | Supreme Court rules cities & states have right to censor films. |
| 5/2/1930 | Riots break out in Amritsar. |
| 6/6/1969 | Sunil Bandacharya Joshi, cricketer (Indian Test left-arm spinner 1996), was born in Gadag. |
| 11/22/1971 | Indian and Pakistan governments protested violations of national airspace along the western border, but aerial conflict between the respective air arms began, preceding full-scale warfare between India and Pakistan by 12 days. |
| 8/14/1954 | 'State Carrom Association' was established in Mumbai. |
| 5/17/1949 | India decided with only one dissent vote to remain within the Commonwealth of Nations. |
| 7/24/1911 | Pannalal Ghosh, famous flute player, was born. |
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