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Historical Event on 3/11/1963

Mahomed Nissar, 6 Tests for India 1932-36, 25 wkts @ 28.28, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/20/1847Turf Club of Royal Calcutta was established.
5/23/1895Shivprasad Sitar-E-Hind passed away.
6/6/1903A full length theatre plays like 'Bankimchandrer Sitararn', 'Alibaba' , 'Bhramar', 'Hariraj' , 'Sarla' and 'Buddhadeb' were released at Classic Theatre. These plays were picturised by Hiralal Sen with support of great dramatist Amar Nath Dutt. The main roles were performed by Amar Dutt, N.C. Basu and Kusum Kumari and rest of the characters belonged to the Classic Theatre of Calcutta. They received a great applause from the audience.
8/28/1997Election Commission orders that no convicted person will be allowed to contest elections even if an appeal against the conviction was pending in a higher court.
11/8/1968Jansattak Party established.
11/19/2000Dr. M.S. Swaminathan, agriculture scientist, gets the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development for 1999.
2/17/1997Notorious criminal Charles Sobhraj released from jail after 20 years, and re-arrested soon after release under Foreigners' Regional Registration Act.
12/17/1996Virendrakumar Jain, famous writer, died in Mumbai.
4/18/2000The Board of Control for Cricket in India adopts a six-point code of conduct for the players.
4/16/1801Warrior Vithoji Holkar of Peshwa kingdom was assassinated.