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Historical Event on 1/11/1966

Lal Bahadur Shastri, Indian Prime Minister (1964-66), passed away at Tashkent, U.S.S.R. at 1:32, age 61. He was awarded the Bharat Ratna posthumously.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/23/1993British PM John Major arrives in India on an official visit.
11/9/1960Subroto Mukherji, first Air Chief Marshall of Indian Air Force, suddenly died.
5/18/1945Bhagwat Subramaniam Chandrasekhar, cricketer (brilliant Indian leggie 1964-79), was born in Banglore. He received Arjun Award and Padmashree awards in 1972.
10/6/1913V. R. Kant, famous poet, was born.
9/12/1990Konkan Railway project formally launched with the opening of a project office in Ratnagiri in Maharashtra State.
3/1/2000P.Harikrishna becomes India's youngest International Master in the Sangli International chess tournament.
3/21/1979Morarji Desai, PM, inaugurated the Backward Classes Commission in New Delhi.
5/27/1991Justice J.S. Verma of the Supreme Court appointed to probe into Rajiv Gandhi murder case.
12/3/1989Mulayam Singh Yadav named UP CM.
2/20/1987Lok Dal splits over leadership issue.