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Historical Event on 11/10/1994

Dr. K. V. Putappa ""Kuvempu"", first Gyanpeet Awardee for literature and Kannad author, died at the age of 90 ye

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/26/1887Sir Benegal Narsingh Rao, an eminent lawyer and political leader, was born. He was the first Indian President of UN Security Council in 1950.
3/26/1969Romesh Chandra, secretary general of the World Peace Council, receives the Lenin prize
11/3/1966Hurricane strikes Bengal, killing 1,000.
1/21/1983R. D. Katari, the first Indian Admiral of Indian Army, passed away.
12/22/1999The Government says there is no hidden agenda behind the US lifting of curbs.
4/22/1983Smt. Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India, visited ICMR Headquarters and held discussions with senior scientists of ICMR. ICMR revived research on indigenous drugs/traditional medicine with a new, disease-oriented approach and a Scientific Advisory Group on Traditional Medicine Research was constituted in 1983 but actual studies (Multicentric Clinical Trials, Centres for Advanced Research, Central Biostatistical Monitoring Unit etc.) were started in 1984-85.
2/3/1990Birsa Munda, freedom fighter and leader, was finally arrested in Chakradharpur forest.
11/24/1992Lok Sabha approves bill seeking to confer Indian citizenship to a child born to an Indian mother outside the country.
5/7/1912Pannalal Patel, great Gujrati novelist and story writer, was born.
4/14/1944Blast in ammunition loaded on 1,318 tonned freighter 'S. S. Fort Stikine' which was anchored in Victoria Dock at Bombay. The explosion killed 1376 people, wrecking 27 ships and destroying 40,000 tons of food.