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Historical Event on 1/11/1858
Shridhar Pathak, famous Hindi poet, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/17/1882 | Vishnushastri Chiplunkar, father of modern Marathi language, passed away. |
| 1/19/1855 | G. Subramaniam Iyer, active worker of Indian National Congress since its establishment, was born. |
| 3/1/1990 | JD secures four-fifth majority in Orissa Assembly elections; Biju Patnaik becomes the new CM. |
| 2/1/1944 | Arun Tikekar, editor and writer, was born. |
| 5/20/1932 | Bipinchandra Ramchandra Pal, powerful journalist and revolutionary freedom fighter, passed away. He was amongst the trio which was known as ""Lal - Bal - Pal"" during the freedom struggle. He started a newspaper called ""Swaraj"" for the Indians in England. He also edited several other newspapers like ""Tribune"", ""New India"", ""Vande Mataram"", ""Swaraj"", ""Hindu Review"", ""Democrat"", ""Independent Bengali"", etc. |
| 1/23/1961 | Supreme Court rules cities & states have right to censor films. |
| 5/3/1913 | Dhundiraj Govind Phalke, more generally known as Dada Saheb Phalke, was responsible for the production of India's first fully indigenous silent four-reel feature film 'Raja Harishchandra' which heralded the birth of the Indian film industry. The film had titles in Hindi and English and was released on May 3, 1913 at the Coronation Cinematograph in Bombay. |
| 8/7/1941 | Rabindranath Devendranath Tagore ""Gurudev"", great Indian poet, voluminous playwright, Noble Laureate, social reformer, freedom fighter, painter and philosopher, passed away at Calcutta at the age on 80 years. He will be always remembered for the national song ""Jana Gana Mana"" and as a founder of Vishwa Bharati, Shantiniketen, etc. |
| 6/4/1953 | University of Cambridge confers honorary Doctorate of Laws on J. L. Nehru. |
| 2/2/1986 | Dalai Lama meets Pope John Paul II in India. |
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