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Historical Event on 2/11/1933

First edition of weekly ""Harijan"" edited by Mahatma Gandhi was published from Pune in English and Hindi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/12/1896Dangambarrao G. Bindu, politician and father of Hydrabad Liberation Party, was born.
2/13/1999The 5th National Games were inaugurated by President K.R. Narayanan in Imphal.
2/10/1902Hemraj, politician, was born at Dera Gopipur, (H.P.).
10/1/1997Gerhard Fischer, social worker, nominated for Gandhi peace prize. The 76-year-old German "Ambassador of Humanity'' was unanimously chosen for his contribution for social, economic and political transformation through non-violence
1/20/1959Tej Bahadur Sapru passed away.
4/11/1999A.K.A. Abdul Samad (72), general secretary of IUML and State unit president, died in Chennai.
11/3/1998The first geo-scientific data centre of the country is inaugurated at the Geological Survey of India.
12/23/1900Charansingh Chaudhary, former Prime Minister of India and a farmer's leader, was born.
2/26/1976V. S. Khandekar was honoured by Bhartiya Gyanpeeth Award for the novel 'Yayati'.
5/23/1984Bachendri Pal, an employee of Tata Iron and Steel Co. Limited at Jamshedpur, conquers the summit of Mount Everest to become the first Indian woman and the fifth women in the world to achieve this feat.