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Historical Event on 8/11/1961
Dadra and Nagar Haweli declared as Union Territory States.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/1/1964 | Industrial Development Bank of India (IDBI) was established. |
| 7/5/1905 | Lord Curzon joined the part of Bengal to Asam and divided Bengal. |
| 10/24/1954 | Rafi Ahmad Kidwai, Congress leader, died. |
| 9/4/1987 | Roop Kanwar, an 18-year-old girl, commits Sati (burning herself in her husband's funeral pyre) in Deorala in Rajasthan. |
| 5/17/1974 | Durgadas, famous Indian journalist, passed away. |
| 5/18/1988 | The ten-day Golden Temple siege at Amritsar ends with the surrender of 46 militant Sikhs. |
| 10/25/1971 | National Science and Technology Committee established. |
| 6/22/1880 | Nilmoni Phukan, greatest social reformer, prolific writer of Assam, poet, editor, journalist and lawyer, was born at Dibrugarh, Assam. |
| 11/14/1997 | 10th International Film Festival for children and young people ambles into Hyderabad atop Gajju, the delightful elephant mascot. About 125 films from 30 countries will be screened. |
| 2/1/1964 | Unit Trust of India' established. |
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