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Historical Event on 11/10/1960

B. N. Jha was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 08-03-1961

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/5/1983Keshavrao Kothavle 'Lalit', editor of monthly magzine, passed away.
7/1/1992Major changes in Exim policy-farming and repacking included under the definition of 'manufacturer'.
11/27/2000After three decades, English was again made compulsory in Gujarat schools from Standard V from the next academic year.
10/3/2000Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee buys peace with the Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee by agreeing to a partial rollback of the hike in prices of petroleum products.
10/18/1996Vigyan Bhawan in Delhi to be the venue for the trial of former PM Rao.
11/21/1963First sounding rocket launched from Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station (TERLS). Thus started India's space programme.
1/18/2000S. S. Dawra is appointed new Director of the Enforcement Directorate.
9/18/1958Dr. Bhagwan Das, great philosopher, freedom fighter, Hindi writer, politician and litterateur, passed away.
10/15/1990Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Dr. Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (b-1918), the South African black nationalist leader who arrived in India on a five-day visit. He is the first non-Asian to get this honour.
12/25/1846Swati Tirunal Ramavarma passed away.