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Historical Event on 12/11/1994

H.D. Deve Gowda, Janata Dal leader, assumes office as CM of Karnataka.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/29/1967First blowdown of the 4 ft trisonic tunnel; the tunnel with all auxiliary facilities such as compressor system, electrical sub-station, design office and model fabrication shop is formally set up and commissioned by National Aeronautical Laboratory.
12/25/1974Indian Aeroplane Jumbo 747 was hijacked and taken over to Rome.
12/25/1974Affonso de Albuquerque, who is regarded as the real founder of Portuguese power in India, died at the age of 73 years.
8/10/1995Harishankar Parsai, famous Hindi litterateur, passed away.
2/8/1971Indira Congress wins the mid-term elections for Lok Sabha. Indira Gandhi becomes PM.
5/11/1965The first of two cyclones in less than a month kills 35,000 people in the country.
7/1/1927Chandrashekhar, former Prime Minister of India, was born.
2/1/1992Mohan Choty, comedy film actor, passed away.
3/20/1602United East India Company of the Netherlands i.e. Dutch East India Company was chartered by States-General of Holland. During its 96-year history, it became one of the world's most powerful companies.
3/20/1602Father Francis Xavier, Spanish founder of the Jesuits, 35, and three friends set sail from Lisbon, Portugal for Goa. They became the first Roman Catholic missionaries to travel to India.