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Historical Event on 11/8/1960

Subroto Mukherjee died while having dinner in Tokyo, where he had gone with the Air India International Airlines which made its first inaugural flight to the city of Tokyo, Japan.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/8/1960Babur won the first Panipat battle and entered in North India's capital Agra.
10/2/2000Mukesh Kumar, India hockey player, retires from international hockey.
8/19/1993Sharad Pawar elected to Maharashtra Legislative Council from Pune.
3/11/1963First Railway Engine was produced by Chittaranjan Railway Factory.
4/13/1772Warren Hastings, who became the president of their Bengal Council, was appointed in the court of Directors of the East India Company.
4/13/1772Father Francis Xavier, Spanish founder of the Jesuits, 35, and three friends set sail from Lisbon, Portugal for Goa. They became the first Roman Catholic missionaries to travel to India.
10/6/1999Suraj Bhan sworn in Governor of Bihar.
7/10/1994Ramrao Raghoba Rane, Paramveer Chakra awardee, died.
10/31/2000Chhattisgarh, the 26th State of Indian Union, comes into existence with the swearing in of its Governor Dinesh Nandan Sahay and Chief Minister Ajit Jogi at a glittering function at Raipur.
8/15/1995P.V Narasimha Rao introduces the mid-day meal scheme for the primary school children under the Central Government Welfare Programme.