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Historical Event on 11/2/1841

Akbar Khan revolts against Shah Shuja in Afghanistan.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/23/1986B. G. Deshmukh was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 27th March, 1989.
6/3/1901Mahakavi G. Sankara Kurup, Malayalam poet, was born. He was the first winner of the conveted Gyaanpeeth Award in 1965 for his poems "Odakkuzhal" in Malayalam.
6/28/1787Sir Henry G W Smith, leader of British-Indian forces, was born.
9/21/1994Outbreak of pneumonic plague in Surat, Gujarat.
4/8/1985India files suit against Union Carbide in New York for Bhopal gas disaster.
6/25/2000India lifts the Asia Cup sub-junior hockey championship in Kuala Lumpur.
10/14/1997Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip visit Amritsar and spend time at the Jallianwala Bagh and Golden Temple complex.
11/30/2000Jagdev Singh Talwandi, a former Akali Dal leader, was the unanimous choice as the new SGPC president.
12/1/1921Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, great nationalist leader, social reformer and freedom fighter was arrested by the British police for six months and sent to jail.
4/29/1936Zubin Mehta, famous music conductor (NY Philharmonic), was born in Bombay, India.