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Historical Event on 11/7/1996
Cyclonic storm hits Andhra Pradesh.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/3/1995 | The Transplantation of Human Organs Act, notified after 7 months of Presidential assent, becomes enforceable. |
| 7/11/2000 | Amrita Pritam, noted litterateur, honoured with the highest award for Punjabi literature for the century:""Shatabdi Samman"". |
| 8/8/2000 | S.Nijalingappa (97), former Karnataka Chief Minister, died at his residence in Chitradurga. |
| 3/29/1954 | Indian Institute of Public Administration inaugurated. |
| 11/18/1948 | Nearly 500 people were drowned when the ferry steamer Narayan River capsized and sank in the Ganga near Patna. |
| 7/21/1977 | Neelam Sanjiva Reddi was elected as the President of India. |
| 10/10/1964 | Ravi Shankar performs at Town Hall in New York. |
| 11/28/1962 | K. C. Dey, well-known famous blind singer of Bengal, died. |
| 8/18/1985 | Assam Assembly dissolved (18). |
| 12/6/1997 | Space shuttle Columbia's astronauts return to earth following a two-week science mission on an enquiry awaiting them because of botched satellite release. Columbia and its crew of six, including India-born Kalpana Chawla, swooped through a clear chilly sky and landed on runway at Kennedy Space Centre. Astronauts save runaway $10-million satellite by catching it with their hands. |
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