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Historical Event on 6/11/2000
Assailants gun down 12 upper caste persons, including eight of a family in Bihar's Nawada district.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/16/1886 | Swami Ramakrishna Paramahamsa dies at the age of 50. His real name was Gadadhar Ghatterji. An Indian mystic, leader and saint, he preached unity of religions. Swami Vivekanand was his disciple. |
| 11/2/1885 | Balwant Pandurang Kirloskar (Annasaheb), first great Marathi musical drama playwright, died. |
| 11/19/1962 | Nehru asks more US aid as China drives into India in New Delhi. |
| 12/21/1929 | Indian National Congress convenes in Lahore. |
| 12/21/1929 | Nizam Shah became the Sultan of Dehli. |
| 2/18/1992 | Sikh extremists murder 17 people in Punjab. |
| 8/7/1988 | N. T. Ramarao elected chairman and V.P. Singh the convenor of the National Front. |
| 9/17/1950 | Govt. grants diplomatic recognition to Israel. |
| 1/9/1918 | Harprasad Nanda, famous Industrialist, was born. |
| 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. |
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