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Historical Event on 11/1/1956
Indian Government re-organizes the states according to linguistic principles and inaugurates second Five-Year Plan. The states declared were Madhya Pradesh, Punjab by merging Patiala & PEPSU, Mumbai was divided in Gujarat, Maharashtra and Karnataka. Union Territories namely Delhi, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Lakshdeep Minikai and Amin Divi were approved.
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| 3/2/1938 | Chandrakumar Agarwala, assamia poet, passed away. |
| 9/17/1876 | Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay was born in Debanandpur village. |
| 9/17/1876 | Saint Eknath, bhagwatbhakt, passed away. |
| 12/21/1903 | Bhalchandra Digambar Garware, famous industrailist, was born. |
| 1/16/1942 | Jawaharlal Nehru succeeds Gandhi as head of Indian National Congress. |
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