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Historical Event on 8/11/1954
Madireddy Venkateshwar Narasimha Rao, cricketer (Indian leg-spin all-rounder 1978-79), was born in Secunderabad.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/29/1997 | IRS-1D, fourth Indian Remote Sensing satellite, successfully launched off by PSLV-CI, the country's first operational polar satellite launch vehicle, from Sriharikota. With this launch, India became a member of the exclusive club of nations capable of launching the heavier class of satellites. |
| 12/7/1995 | Indian, UN Mission in Bosnia & Herzegovina begin (UNMIBH - Dec 95 To Till Date). |
| 2/5/2000 | A.B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, defends the Gujarat Government's order lifting the ban on Government employees from participating in RSS activities. |
| 2/20/2000 | Supreme Court stays the Karnataka High Court's order quashing charges framed against the former Chief Minister, Mr. S. Bangarappa, and directs the trial court to proceed in the corruption case. |
| 10/25/1999 | Fixed term for Lok Sabha, Assemblies is under study, said President K R Narayanan in his address to a joint session of Parliament. |
| 8/16/1991 | Indian Airliner Boeing 737 crashes in Manipur's Churachandpur district killing all 69 aboard. |
| 1/1/1891 | Sampurnanand, Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, was born. |
| 9/24/1829 | Anandram Dhekial Fukan, father of modern Assamia poetry and essay writer, was born. |
| 7/23/1906 | Chandrashekhar Azad, great freedom revolutionery and leader, was born at Jhabra, Madhya Pradesh. |
| 11/10/1901 | Formal inauguration of the new North-West Frontier Province created out of the Punjab. |
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