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Historical Event on 12/11/1958

Wilson Jones became India's first individual World Champion when he won the Amateur Billiards Championship.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/5/1979Earl of Mountbatten's funeral held in Burma.
2/13/1991Surjit Singh Barnala resigns as Governor of Tamil Nadu.
11/19/2000The Government announces a partial rollback in the price of kerosene by Re. 1 a litre and LPG by Rs. 10 a cylinder in deference to the demands by allies led by the Trinamool Congress.
6/24/1966Atul Chandrakant Bedade, cricketer (Indian ODI batsman from 1994), was born in Bombay.
9/27/1999Harshad Mehta and three others are convicted for misappropriating surplus funds of the Maruti Udyog Ltd.
7/23/1964Samrendranath Roy, great statistician, passed away.
11/25/1962Dasganu (Ganesh Dattatreya Sahastrabuddhe), modern Marathi saint and poet, passed away.
6/1/1819William Carey, Ward and Marshman established the Serampore College in Bengal.
11/8/1947Junagadh accedes to India. Addresses A.I.C.C.
5/13/1962Dr. Rajendra Prasad (1884-1963) retired from the post of first President.