Today in Indian History

Today in Indian History
Events for November 11

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 b
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.