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Historical Event on 8/11/1954

Yashpal Barburam Sharma, cricketer (Indian right-handed batsman early 80'), was born in Ludhiana.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/11/1954Saint Visoba Khechar, was the yogi-guru of the Varkari poet-saint Namdev of Maharashtra, took Samadhi.
4/29/1957The National Civil Defence College was founded at Nagpur as the Central Emergency Relief Training Institute (CERTI). It functions as the training wing of the Emergency Relief Organisation of the Government of India.
1/3/1921First Indian Parliament meets.
4/16/1930Rioting continues in India as British police fire on mob of 10,000.
1/29/1996S.R. Bommai was replaced by Laloo Prasad Yadav as Janata Dal president.
1/24/1966Indira Gandhi becomes Prime Minister of India. She continued in this office till March 24, 1977, after winning the General Elections. She became the only second woman in modern history to head a government.
2/11/1993Naik sacks six ministers in Maharashtra.
6/2/1990Sri Ram Sharma Acharya passed away. (27-6-91).
1/1/1892Mahadev Haribhai Desai, follower of Gandhiji, was born in Surat district.
6/24/1966Bombay-New York Air India flight crashes into Mont Blanc (Switz), 117 die.