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Historical Event on 1/11/1975

Oil struck in third Bombay High rig.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/26/1928R.S.Das, a law member of the Viceroy's council, died in Calcutta.
3/25/199631st Gyanpith award presented to M.T. Vasudevan Nair at Trivandrum by Dr. Karan Singh.
1/31/1948Cities swept by riots in wake of Gandhi murder.
11/2/1885Balwant Pandurang Kirloskar (Annasaheb), first great Marathi musical drama playwright, died.
2/15/1936Nabin Chandra Bardoloi, freedom fighter, passed away. He was known for his patriotism and zeal for constructive work and was a forceful and emotional orator and debater and an eminent writer in Assamese litrature. He was also a musician and composed good number of patriotic poems and songs.
3/30/1923New financial measures come into force, including restoration of Salt Tax.
1/6/18424,500 British & Indian troops leave Kabul..
4/27/1854First telegram was sent between Mumbai and Pune.
7/19/1938Jayant Vishnu Narlikar, great Indian space scientist and mathematician, was born at Kolhapur, Maharashtra.
6/17/1991Prabhakar Machve, famous litterateur, passed away.