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Historical Event on 8/11/1993
Brahmaprakash Chaudhary, first Chief Minister of Delhi and former central minister, died.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/11/1993 | Babur's eldest son Humayun ascended the throne. He was, doubtless, a man of parts. |
| 1/8/1996 | Maharashtra government clears Enron Dhabol power project at a tariff of Rs. 1.86 per unit. |
| 12/14/1969 | Bishen Bedi takes 7-98 (career-best) v Australia at Calcutta. |
| 12/28/1998 | India and Sri Lanka sign an agreement to establish a bilateral free trade area, after the visiting Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga and Prime Minister A. B. Vajpayee, have sorted out the differences that held up the negotiations on it in the past. |
| 12/29/1885 | A group of middle-class intellectuals in India, some of them British, found the Indian National Congress to be a voice of Indian opinion to the British government. This was the origin of the later Congress Party which was founded in Bombay. |
| 2/10/1897 | Sannidhanam Suryanarayana Sastry, educationist and writer, was born at Chiriwada, (A.P). |
| 7/21/1988 | Indian National Satellite (INSAT-1C) launched. This is operational multi-purpose communication and meteorology satellite. It served for only one and a half years. It was launched by European Ariane launch vehicle Ariane-3. |
| 8/12/1946 | Viceroy announces invitation to Congress to form provisional Government. |
| 4/2/1992 | Agajan Baig (Aga), famous Hindi film actor, passed away. |
| 7/31/1992 | Sitar maestro Pt. Ravishankar wins the Magsaysay Award. |
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