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Historical Event on 8/11/1961

Dadra and Nagar Haweli declared as Union Territory States.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/14/1955Employees' State Insurance Corporation was inaugurated by the President.
7/24/1932Ramkrishna Mission Seva Pratisthan was established for the service of the sick and humanitarian activities.
9/13/1997Grieving India lays to rest Mother Teresa in state funeral in Calcutta in which pomp and splendour is combined with religious rites.
4/5/1987The centenary of Bombay Fire Brigade was celebrated. (CIVIC).
5/27/1930Jayaprakash Narayan, Labour Research Cell, arrested after Dandi March.
9/29/1992Andhra CM Janardhana Reddy resigned.
1/18/1842Mahadev Govind Ranade was born. He was the chief architect of Bombay Prathana Samaj.
4/24/1973Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar, cricketer (prodigy at 16, Indian capt at 23), was born in Bombay.
10/29/1930Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru is sent back to prison for two yearrs following a speech he made at Allahabad the day after his release from jail.
1/30/1999Pandit Ravi Shankar, sitar maestro, is chosen for Bharat Ratna.