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Historical Event on 11/11/1888

Acharya Kripalani, nationalist and member of the Parliament, was born at Hyderabad, Sind.

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12/27/1998Nobel laureate Prof. Amartya Sen unveils his plans to set up a charity trust with the award money for development of education and health in India and Bangladesh.
2/8/1971Indira Congress wins the mid-term elections for Lok Sabha. Indira Gandhi becomes PM.
11/5/1920Indian Red Cross society was founded in India under Bengal Act VIII. St.John Ambulance Association is a wing of this societywhich directed Improvement of Health, Prevention of Diseases and Mitigation of Suffering activities.
3/17/1955Indian Standard's Institute started working to control the quality of Indian products and the ISI mark was issued to quality products.
11/21/1947First Stamp of Independent India was released
1/20/1871Sir Ratanji Jamshedji Tata, famous Indian industrialist, was born.
5/9/1919Ram Kumar Gupta, great industrialist, was born at Delhi.
9/4/1825Dadabhai Naoroji, first Indian in British parliament and merchant, was born at Navsari, Gujarat. He coined the word 'Swaraj'.
7/29/1988Syed Modi, 28-year national badminton champion, was shot dead at K. D. Singh Stadium in Lucknow.
4/12/1871Gangadhar Balkrishna Deshpande, editor in modern era and dictionary creator, was born.