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Historical Event on 2/11/1998
Prof. Anil Kumar Baruah, CPI(ML) candidate for the Dibrugarh Lok Sabha seat, is shot dead by suspected ULFA militants at Neharani.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/17/1991 | Congress and its allies secure absolute majority in Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Haryana Assemblies. |
| 7/29/1980 | India won Gold Medal in Hockey at Moscow Olympics. |
| 6/16/1997 | P. Sukumaran (50), Malayalam film actor, died in Kochi. |
| 3/1/1903 | Pareshchandra Bhattacharya, former Gonerner of Indian Reserve Bank, was born. |
| 7/6/1992 | The centre decides to allow TV and Radio time slots for private producers. |
| 6/1/1998 | Petrol price is raised by Re.1 per litre. |
| 9/4/1880 | Bhupendranath Dutt, Bengali litterateur and politician, was born. |
| 6/9/1998 | 81 persons are killed as cyclone hits the Saurashtra and Kutch regions of Gujarat and Jalore district of Rajasthan. Subsequently, the toll is put at 934 in the Kutch-Saurashtra region alone. |
| 1/17/1913 | Yadvendra Singh, HH LtG. Maharaja of Patial, cricketer (scored 24 & 60 in only Test India vs England), was born in Patiala, Punjab. |
| 1/31/1997 | INS Vikrant, Indian Navy's first aircraft carrier, de-commissioned. |
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