Find out what happened in India on 11 November.
11-November-1675 |
Aurangzeb executes Sikh Guru Tegh Bahadur thus beginning the Sikh-Muslim feud that continues to this day. |
11-November-1793 |
English pioneer missionary William Carey, 32, reached Calcutta five months after setting sail for India. Later, Carey founded the Baptist Missionary Society, the first of the British Protestant missions agencies. |
11-November-1866 |
Patthe Bapurao (Shridhar Krishna Kulkarni), famous poet Shahir, was born. |
11-November-1872 |
Abdul Karim Khan, famous singer of "Kirana Gharana", was born. |
11-November-1888 |
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, freedom fighter, was born in Mecca. He was an outspoken champion of rationalism and progressiveness in all spheres of Indian life. |
11-November-1888 |
Acharya Kripalani, nationalist and member of the Parliament, was born at Hyderabad, Sind. |
11-November-1906 |
Chetput Ramaswami Pattabhi Raman, politician and social worker, was born at Madras. |
11-November-1913 |
Gandhi sentenced to nine months' imprisonment at South Africa. |
11-November-1921 |
Gandhi urges Hindus to remove statue of ex-Viceroy Lord Lawrence. |
11-November-1923 |
Shamasunder Gururaj Mudgal, great educationist, was born at Bijapur, Bagalkot. |
11-November-1924 |
Rusi Sheriyar Modi, cricketer (Indian batsman in post-War years), was born in Surat, Gujarat. |
11-November-1924 |
SunderLal Munnalal Patwa was born in Kukdeshwar, Distt. Neemuch (Madhya Pradesh). |
11-November-1947 |
Temple of Vithoba in Pandharpur opened for Harijans. Ganpatrao Tapase was the first harijan to enter the temple. |
11-November-1958 |
Inauguration of 'Indian', first one in Indian Explosive Ltd's factory at Gomia. |
11-November-1973 |
India's first International Philatelic Exihibition started in New Delhi. |
11-November-1979 |
President N. Sanjiva Reddy declares the opening of the first International Trade Fair of India. |
11-November-1980 |
The Hindustan Times says the 'British have reverted to what they basically are & a small, little people with small, little minds inhabiting a small, little island in the Atlantic'. |
11-November-1991 |
Supreme Court declares the Anti-Defection Law as constitutional but holds that decisions of Presiding Officers under the law could be subjected to judicial review. |
11-November-1992 |
S.Bangarappa resigns as the CM of Karnataka. |
11-November-1994 |
The Supreme Court stays Karnataka Reservation Act. |
11-November-1996 |
A.P. cyclone toll may cross 2,500. |
11-November-1998 |
India objects to Washington's discrimination in easing sanctions against New Delhi and Islamabad, clamped in the wake of the nuclear tests by the two countries. |
11-November-1998 |
V. M. Devaraj (78), DMK leader and former MLA, passed away after a brief illness. He represented Vellore in 1980, 1984 and 1989. He was a close associate of the DMK founder, C. N. Annadurai. |
11-November-1999 |
Mr. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, leaves for Durban summit of the Commonhealth Heads of Government meeting (CHOGM). |
11-November-2000 |
Mohun Bagan wins the Durand Cup in New Delhi. |
11-November-2000 |
Harin Pathak, Union Minister of State for Defence, resigns after being chargesheeted by a sessions court in Ahmedabad in a case relating to the murder of a head constable at the height of the anti-reservation agitation in 1985. |